ALL meanings of book
book
B b - countable noun book A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example. 3
- countable noun book A book of something such as stamps, matches, or tickets is a small number of them fastened together between thin cardboard covers. 3
- verb book When you book something such as a hotel room or a ticket, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time. 3
- noun plural book A company's or organization's books are its records of money that has been spent and earned or of the names of people who belong to it. 3
- verb book When a referee books a football player who has seriously broken the rules of the game, he or she officially writes down the player's name. 3
- verb book When a police officer books someone, he or she officially records their name and the offence that they may be charged with. 3
- countable noun book In a very long written work such as the Bible, a book is one of the sections into which it is divided. 3
- noun book a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers 3
- noun book a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary 3
- noun book (as modifier) 3
- noun book (in combination) 3
- noun book a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc 3
- noun book a record of the transactions of a business or society 3
- noun book the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc 3
- noun book a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible 3
- noun book a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge 3
- noun book a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event 3
- noun book (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value 3
- noun book strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book) 3
- noun book a source of knowledge or authority 3
- noun book a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book) 3
- verb book to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance 3
- verb book to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution 3
- verb book (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player's dismissal from the field 3
- verb book to record in a book 3
- noun book a number of sheets of paper, parchment, etc. with writing or printing on them, fastened together along one edge, usually between protective covers 3
- noun book a literary or scientific work, anthology, etc. so prepared, distinguished by length and form from a magazine, tract, etc. 3
- noun book any of the main divisions of a long written or printed work, as of the Bible 3
- noun book a set of blank or ruled sheets or printed forms bound in a tablet, for the entry of accounts, records, notes, etc. 3
- noun book the records or accounts, as of a business, kept in such a book or books 3
- noun book something regarded as a subject for study 3
- noun book the body of facts, traits, or circumstances connected with a person or subject, esp. as being understandable, evident, etc. [an open book] or obscure, done with, etc. 3
- noun book studies; lessons 3
- noun book the words of an opera or musical play; libretto 3
- noun book the script of a play 3
- noun book a booklike package, as of matches or tickets 3
- noun book a list or record of bets taken and the odds given, as by bookmakers on horse races 3
- noun book bookmaker (sense 2) 3
- noun book a certain number of tricks that must be won before additional tricks count in the score; specif., the first six tricks won by the declarer 3
- verb transitive book to record in a book; list 3
- verb transitive book to engage ahead of time, as rooms, transportation, performers or performances, etc. 3
- verb transitive book to record charges against on a police record 3
- verb transitive book to take (bets) as a bookmaker 3
- adjective book in, from, or according to books or accounts 3
- verb book If you book revenue, profit, or losses, you record or recognize them in a particular accounting period. 3
- noun book bound printed work 1
- noun plural book accounts 1
- transitive verb book reserve: seat, place, flight 1
- transitive verb book police: arrest, charge 1
- adjective book of or about books 1