noun
- a number of sheets of paper, parchment, etc. with writing or printing on them, fastened together along one edge, usually between protective covers
- a literary or scientific work, anthology, etc. so prepared, distinguished by length and form from a magazine, tract, etc.
- any of the main divisions of a long written or printed work, as of the Bible
- a set of blank or ruled sheets or printed forms bound in a tablet, for the entry of accounts, records, notes, etc.: an account book
- the records or accounts, as of a business, kept in such a book or books
- something regarded as a subject for study: the book of life
- 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.: a closed book
- studies; lessons
- the words of an opera or musical play; libretto
- the script of a play
- a booklike package, as of matches or tickets
- a list or record of bets taken and the odds given, as by bookmakers on horse races
- Slang bookmaker (sense )
- Bridge 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
Origin:
ME bok < OE boc, pl. bec < PGmc *bokiz, beech, beechwood tablets carved with runes < IE *bhagos, beech > beech, Gr phagos, L fagus
adjective
in, from, or according to books or accounts