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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English book, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bōc (“a book, a document, register, catalog, a legal document, a bill of divorce, a charter, a title deed, conveyance, a volume, literary work, pages, main division of a work”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *bōks (“beech, book”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”).

cognates
Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots buik, beuk (“book”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian boek (“book”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Low German Book, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch Low Saxon book, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch boek (“book”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Buch (“book”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish bog, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish bok (“book”). Related also to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fāgus (“beech”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian бук (buk, “beech”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Albanian bung (“chestnut, oak”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Armenian բուն (bun, “trunk”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. More at beech, buckwheat.

The sense development of beech to book is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.[1]

Noun

A hard-cover book

book (plural books)

  1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
    She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
    He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
  2. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
    I have three copies of his first book.
  3. A major division of a long work.
    Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
    Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
  4. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
    I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
  5. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
    a book of stamps
    a book of raffle tickets
  6. The script of a musical.
  7. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
  8. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
  9. (law) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
  10. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
  11. (poker slang) four of a kind[2]
  12. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
  13. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
Synonyms
  • (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material): tome (especially a large book); magazine or periodical (particularly in the publishing trade and in communities where books in sense 2 are not in common use)
  • (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps): booklet
  • (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter): tome, volume
  • (script of a musical): libretto
  • (records of the accounts of a business): accounts, records
Derived terms
Terms derived from book (noun)

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Translations
ebook — see e-book
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See also

Verb

book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past and past participle booked)

  1. (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
    I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
    I can book tickets for the concert next week.
  2. (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
    They booked that message from the hill
  3. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
    The police booked him for driving too fast.
  4. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
  5. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
    He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
  6. To record bets as bookmaker.
  7. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
    The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
  8. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
    He was here earlier, but he booked.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb “book”

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Translations
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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English book, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bōc, first and third person singular preterite of bacan (“to bake”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots beuk (“baked”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German buk (“baked”) and probably (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Albanian bukë (“bread, baked dough”). More at bake.

Verb

book

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake

Statistics

Anagrams

References

  1. ^ J.P. Mallory, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.
  2. ^ Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Limburgish

Pronunciation

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Noun

book n

  1. book

Middle English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bōc.

Noun

book (plural books)

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of booke
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