Dictionary

books

🎧 /bʊks/

noun

Definition 📖

  • A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
  • A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
  • A major division of a long work.
  • A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
  • A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
  • The script of a musical or opera.
  • (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
  • 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).
  • (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
  • Four of a kind
  • A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
  • (by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
  • The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
  • Any source of instruction.

verb

Definition 📖

  • To reserve (something) for future use.
  • To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
  • (law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
  • To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
  • To travel very fast.
  • To record bets as bookmaker.
  • (law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
  • To leave.

Synonyms 🖇️

  • reserve