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book
  1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
  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.
  3. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
  4. A major division of a long work.
  5. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
  6. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
  7. (theater) The script of a musical.
  8. (plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
  9. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
  10. (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).
  11. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
  12. (poker) four of a kind
  13. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
  14. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
  15. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
  16. Synonyms:
  17. Examples:
    1. “I've just read an interesting book about art movements in the 19th century.”
      “I love reading about what celebrities are up to in these weekly books.”
      “He would make a daily log of his activities in his book.”
booking
  1. The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
  2. A reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel.
  3. The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
  4. (sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
  5. (law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Advance booking is vital for this stimulating, enjoyable and experimental approach to life-drawing.”
bookwork
  1. Accounting work; book keeping.
  2. The art and science of formatting books.
  3. Work done with the aid of textbooks
  4. (chiefly University of Cambridge) The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought
  5. Examples:
    1. “He decided to implement a new approach to Maori education by drawing energy into farming as well as bookwork.”
      “She did three hours of bookwork in the study everyday, then moved onto her next lessons for an hour.”
      “Ben went on around the corner, having left his bookwork chores to call his sons to lunch.”
bookman
  1. (Old English law) One who held bookland.
  2. A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
  3. One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “My father was an antiquarian bookman who passed on his passion for rare books to me during my childhood.”
      “But to tell the truth our bookman is not a bit the wiser as to Reginald FitzRanulf!”
      “A decision by the Hydes in 1955 to take an extended visit to Japan was tied in with the wish to get to know another great bookman, Shigeo Sorimachi.”
booker
  1. (obsolete) scholar; scribe
  2. One who makes a reservation
  3. One who records transactions, such as reservations.
  4. Examples:
    1. “What can the booker do if he has this specimen with all this talent, but does just enough to get by with the victories every week?”
      “In stand-up, you are the booker, the marketer, the promoter, and the performer.”
      “He was a theatrical film booker and educational-materials distributor based in Clarksburg, West Virginia.”
bookstand
  1. A small stall where books are sold.
  2. A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
  3. A stand, made for holding books open.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I bought a beautiful wooden bookstand to showcase my collection of classic literature.”
      “He felt his way to a bookstand that supported a pile of sketch-books, and wrenched out one of the mahogany pillars.”
      “They ignored the 18th-century Indian bookstand and the 15th-century Italian fresco of Hercules.”
bookmaker
  1. A person who prints or binds books
  2. A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “As most seasoned sports bettors are aware, every bookmaker adjusts his line in relation to which way the wagering is headed.”
      “Sure, there have been some bookmaker failures, but the punter can see the evidence of the main bookmakers' financial strength on the High Street.”
      “Another whisper has an alleged drug baron's money tied to a recent racetrack incident that led to a jockey and a bookmaker being disqualified.”
booklore
  1. Synonym of book-learning
  2. Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Canada can boast of many good and even distinguished authors, and the love of books and booklore is daily increasing.”
bookcrossing
  1. (uncountable) The practice of leaving a book in a public location to be found and read by others, who then do the same.
  2. (countable) An instance of the practice.
bookholder
  1. A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
  2. (obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
bookkeeper
  1. A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
  2. A bookseller
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “You could hire an off-site bookkeeper part time to do the work online.”
      “My wife is a bookkeeper for a retail store that is in financial difficulty.”
      “He was a life insurance broker who ironically died with no life insurance, leaving his bookkeeper, our mother, unemployed.”
bookhood
  1. Knowledge of books; scholarship.
  2. The state or dignity of a book.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In case of a book, however, mutilation can go much farther without destroying bookhood.”
booklist
  1. Any list of books
  2. The list of books published by a publisher
bookseller
  1. A person engaged in the business of selling books.
  2. A business that sells books.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The bookseller had an extensive knowledge of various genres and an extensive collection of rare and antiquarian books.”
      “Those regulations could disappear without abrogating the property rights of the bookseller.”
      “First there's the author, then the literary agent, publisher, distributor, bookseller and finally the customer.”
bookery
  1. (countable) a collection of books
  2. (uncountable) study of or passion for books
booklegging
booklouse
  1. Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocoptera.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The indoor ones, such as the booklouse are wingless, and can scrape away at books and other organic material.”
      “The common house-dwelling booklouse is wingless or its wings are reduced to small scale-like, non-functional wings.”
      “Sweating and high humidities may form in wall voids when new lumber becomes enclosed, encouraging booklouse outbreaks.”
bookmaking
  1. The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The company said it wants to move spread betting away from bookmaking and geared toward private investors and small institutions.”
      “Forbes would list some if their core business were not gambling and bookmaking.”
      “Yet still the internet and telephone bookmaking pirates get away with plunder from their very lucrative business.”
bookkeeping
  1. (accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They failed for quite some time, but after taking classes in bookkeeping and writing, their shop began to prosper.”
bookling
  1. A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
booktuber
  1. (Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews and/or discusses books.
bookcase
  1. A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The closet was opposite the bed and there was also a wardrobe near the bookcase.”
      “For her own room, she's chosen a new cottage-style bed and bookcase, blue and yellow painted walls, and we're working on a window treatment.”
      “Part of the bookcase is in fact a giant plasma screen with pictures of books.”
bookmarker
  1. A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Launch48 has helped create businesses such as deal site Vouchacha and fashion bookmarker Fashiny.”
      “I am only aware of it because of a sticker on the back of a bookmarker included in my book which directed me to his website www.”
      “Today the form bookmark predominates, though bookmarker is still encountered.”
bookhouse
booketeria
bookshelf
  1. A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The reviewer would want this book on his bookshelf as a reference on any number of topics.”
      “On a bookshelf somewhere I have the text of the play, with all the lyrics, which I should dig out for her.”
      “He was sitting at his desk and there was a bookshelf and drawers in a filing cabinet.”
bookflap
  1. The inner part of a book jacket wrapping around a book cover.
bookrest
  1. A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The possibility of hinging the bookrest with a storage area underneath was discussed.”
      “This portable, collapsible bookrest provides the ideal angle for comfortably reading books, papers and magazines.”
      “Use this solid bookrest for different applications such as display props, paper props, and much more!”
bookshelving
  1. shelving for the storage of books; bookshelves
bookbindery
  1. A building where books are assembled and bound.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He enrolled in the service during the Civil War, and after being mustered out prepared to work at a bookbindery in Pennsylvania.”
      “All the boys spend as much time as they want in the machine shop, the printshop, the bookbindery, or the school theatre.”
      “The NL plays an active role in the training of professionals in the areas of information and documentation, bookbindery and conservation.”
bookware
  1. (computing) Software that is published in, or distributed with, a book.
bookazine
  1. A publication combining elements of books and magazines.
bookhound
  1. (informal) An enthusiastic reader of books.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Lisa is such a bookhound, she devours novels one after another, always eager for her next literary adventure.”
booklessness
  1. The state or condition of being bookless; lack of books.
bookroom
  1. A room in which books are kept; a library.
bookstall
  1. A table with enclosed sides, for displaying books for sale.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The steel money box beside the bookstall was ripped out of the floor and removed.”
      “There will be various stalls including a bookstall, cake stall, bric-a-brac and tombola.”
      “The ambience is one of art and history, the main focus of this 57-year-old bookstall on Brigade Road.”
bookhoard
  1. (very rare, Anglo-Saxonism) collection of books, library
bookstack
  1. One of a set of bookshelves in a library.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The creature on the bookstack was nodding and signing to Fiona, but she was too engrossed with a single thought to notice him.”
bookchest
  1. A chest for the storage of books.
bookrack
  1. A rack for books; a bookshelf.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Then a successful commercial director, he was far from Hollywood when he first saw the book on a bookrack at the Rome airport.”
      “Crafted of beautiful wood veneers, our new bookrack has a metal label holder on each shelf and a bar to hold books in place.”
      “The open sided style of this desk lets the student place their books on the bookrack, then slide into the seat.”
bookbag
  1. A bag for holding books for school.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I packed my textbooks into my bookbag before heading off to class.”
      “I got up, grabbing my bookbag full of stink bombs, whoopee cushions and other ultimate party starters.”
      “Naomi shouted, pushing Kazuki's bookbag filled with unfinished homework and unread textbooks back into his arms.”
booklet
  1. A small, or thin book, such as the one found with audio CDs.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Since squid is also a good bait fish we believe it is proper to include squid jigging in this booklet.”
      “She added that the booklet would go a long way in answering these questions for parents.”
      “Somewhat misleadingly, the booklet contains two photographs of singing children.”
bookbinding
  1. The art, craft or process of binding books
  2. Examples:
    1. “Often, many part-time pursuits, such as cake decorating, knitting and bookbinding, can be run from home because it saves time and money.”
      “The chapters are on silks, carpets, ceramics, glass, bookbinding and lacquer, and inlaid brass work.”
      “I have seen this done with clockmakers and their apprentices, but never with any aspect of bookbinding.”
bookstore
  1. A store where books are bought and sold.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I visited the cozy bookstore on the corner to find a new mystery novel to read.”
      “In case you are not a regular browser of the business section of your local bookstore, let me describe a typical example of the genre.”
      “She said we were going to the new bookstore with the record store, so I came along.”
bookbinder
  1. a person whose profession is binding pages together to form a book
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The bookbinder carefully stitched the pages together, transforming loose sheets into a beautifully bound book.”
      “When the library was inventoried by the bookbinder and printer John Stretch after 1751, it comprised 2,345 volumes.”
      “And endpapers are the four blank pages at the beginning and end of a book, included by the bookbinder to give the book additional strength.”
bookdealer
  1. One who trades in books.
bookjacket
  1. The jacket of a book.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Under certain circumstances and because of the method of application, lamination of all but the flaps of a bookjacket can prove more costly...”
bookshop
  1. A shop that sells books.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I love visiting the cozy bookshop in my neighborhood to browse through the shelves and discover new reads.”
      “The golden girl of Tinseltown was due to appear at WestQuay's Waterstone's bookshop to sign copies of her new autobiography.”
      “What has so far been described is the idyllic situation where the bookshop owner is congenial.”
bookishness
  1. The property of being bookish.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There is no help and no escape for any of us in a story that can't escape its own bookishness.”
      “It came as a result of the combination of your bookishness, fertile imagination and love for typography.”
      “He was an oddball child, his bookishness and poetry out of step with his surroundings on the prairie earth.”
bookselling
  1. The sale of books.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A few doughty independents and specialist dealers aside, the bookselling business in Britain is now irretrievably homogenised.”
      “You'll see a far more professional approach where bookselling is concerned.”
      “If you brought him here and asked him whether he considers Loblaws part of the competition within Canada for bookselling, he would say yes.”
booke
  1. Archaic spelling of book.
bookmonger
  1. (archaic) A bookseller.
bookful
  1. As much as a book holds.
booklover
  1. One who loves books.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “So let him who would know the joys and rewards of the booklover associate with well-made books.”
      “Our age is producing its quota of good books, and these the booklover makes it his business to discover.”
      “A professor in public law, he is also a booklover, a collector of stamps, ancient engravings and guides on savoir-vivre.”
bookaholic
  1. (informal) A lover of books.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. ““A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message.”
books
bookcrossings
  1. plural of bookcrossing
bookbindings
  1. plural of bookbinding
  2. Examples:
    1. “Lightly sprayed or dusting the cracks, crevices, bookshelves, bookbindings, or other places frequented by booklice will provide control.”
bookkeepings
bookbinderies
  1. plural of bookbindery
bookaholics
bookbinders
booketerias
  1. plural of booketeria
bookholders
  1. plural of bookholder
bookkeepers
bookmakings
bookmarkers
  1. plural of bookmarker
  2. Examples:
    1. “I made you one of the new bookmarkers out of red tissue paper.”
booksellers
bookjackets
bookdealers
  1. plural of bookdealer
bookmongers
  1. plural of bookmonger
booklice
  1. plural of booklouse
  2. Examples:
    1. “Psocids or booklice as they are commonly known are small usually dull coloured insects with a body length of 1-10 millimetres.”
      “Psocids or booklice are common but harmless insects between 1 mm and 2 mm long, which can survive in dry powdery foods.”
      “Lightly sprayed or dusting the cracks, crevices, bookshelves, bookbindings, or other places frequented by booklice will provide control.”
bookhoards
  1. plural of bookhoard
bookhounds
bookmakers
  1. plural of bookmaker
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Others do not, saying that they are not bookmakers, but a medium for bets between consenting adults.”
      “In Victoria, in contrast, race clubs had legalised bookmakers and banned the tote.”
      “A victory for the likeable Scott would be a popular one this week for everyone apart from the bookmakers.”
bookstacks
  1. plural of bookstack
bookstands
bookhouses
booktubers
  1. plural of booktuber
bookchests
  1. plural of bookchest
bookazines
  1. plural of bookazine
booklovers
bookstalls
  1. plural of bookstall
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The other thing that struck me was the number of bookstalls on street corners.”
      “It's a heady mix of cool cafes and cockles, windsurfers and artists, beach volleyball and bookstalls, fresh fish and funky T-shirts.”
      “We're all familiar with the simple urban pleasure of browsing around open air bookstalls looking for that elusive first edition.”
bookstores
  1. plural of bookstore
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “To be sure, he is an airport novelist, in the sense that airport bookstores are piled high with his books.”
      “In other parts of the world, the book is already available, and the lines out front of bookstores are staggering.”
      “Today the cards are sold in ten stationery stores and bookstores in Atlanta.”
bookshelves
  1. plural of bookshelf
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The library should be below, with the bookshelves, and the glass door opening on the snowball bushes.”
      “Every computer desk I've had until recently was flanked by bookshelves loaded with titles.”
      “Walking forward he stubbed his toe on one of the bookshelves and cursed loudly.”
bookflaps
  1. plural of bookflap
bookracks
bookshops
  1. plural of bookshop
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These translations remain in the bookshops for a year at the most and are then remaindered.”
      “What's more, we guarantee that it will be in the bookshops before Christmas with lists of pre-sale orders that are as long as your arm.”
      “The publication of each new volume prompts fevered speculation on the story line and late-night queues of children outside bookshops.”
booklings
  1. plural of bookling
bookcases
  1. plural of bookcase
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The living area includes a central open fireplace with space either side for bookcases or shelving units.”
      “Two thirds of it was lined with sable bookcases, all stuffed to the gills with heavyweight texts on every subject conceivable.”
      “The Gillow bookcases in the Billiard Room were also accepted in lieu of tax.”
booklists
  1. plural of booklist
bookrests
bookrooms
  1. plural of bookroom
bookmen
  1. plural of bookman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Professional writers supplied a steady stream of texts for the bookmen, who also printed translations, editions, anthologies, and collections.”
      “To say that bookmen existed on the Montana frontier is not to say that the emerging culture was always comfortable with or accepting of their presence.”
      “Silverman, with the help of his sprightly crew of old-timers, has sketched out a profile of the great houses and the bookmen who gave each one a distinctive character.”
bookfuls
  1. plural of bookful
booklets
  1. plural of booklet
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Midwives and pregnant women said that they found the booklets used in the intervention acceptable.”
      “Little information is directly employable for end-user tasks, such as printing booklets, mirroring Web sites or searching through e-mail.”
      “But I did have the trimmings from the quires the monks made to make tiny booklets of my own.”
booksful
  1. plural of bookful
bookbags
bookings
  1. plural of booking
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A measure of the popularity of this district can be gauged by the bookings.”
      “Much of the daytime is spent by the telephone waiting for bookings and confirmations.”
      “We have now made provisional bookings so we need names and deposits immediately to secure accommodation.”
bookeries
  1. plural of bookery
bookers
  1. plural of booker
bookes
  1. plural of booke
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