Word: book Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Bookmaker sense by clipping. Cognates Cognate with Scots beuk, buik, buke (“book”), Yola buke (“book”), North Frisian Bok, buk, bök (“book”), Saterland Frisian Bouk (“book”), West Frisian, Dutch boek (“book”), Alemannic German Buech (“book”), Bavarian Buach (“book”), Central Franconian Booch, Buch (“book”), German, Luxembourgish Buch (“book”), German Low German Book (“book”), Limburgish book, Bouk (“book”), Vilamovian büch (“book”), Yiddish בוך (bukh, “book”), Danish bog (“book”), Elfdalian buok (“book”), Faroese, Icelandic bók (“book”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bok (“book”). Pronunciation: /bʊk/, /bɵk/, /buːk/, /bʉk/ 1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. Example: Knowing I lou'd my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome. Example: I repeat: it suffices that a book be possible for it to exist. Only the impossible is excluded. For example: no book can be a ladder, although no doubt there are books which discuss and negate and demonstrate this possibility and others whose structure corresponds to that of a ladder. 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, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. Example: I have three copies of his first book. Example: “I would never read a book,” he once told an interviewer. “I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that.” 3. A major division of a long work. Example: Genesis is the first book of the Bible. Example: 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). Example: I'm running a book on who is going to win the race. 5. A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant. Labels: informal 6. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use. Example: a book of stamps Example: a book of raffle tickets 7. The script of a musical or opera. Example: The guild helps ensure that the ownership and control of the music, lyrics, and book of a show remain in the hands of its authors and composers—not the producers. 8. Records of the accounts of a business. Labels: plural-normally 9. 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). Labels: colloquial 10. Six tricks taken by one side. 11. Four of a kind. Labels: slang 12. A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game. 13. A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game. Labels: broadly Example: Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close. 14. The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season. 15. A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in. 16. The twenty-sixth Lenormand card. 17. Any source of instruction. Labels: figuratively 18. The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps. Labels: with-definite-article Example: The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation. Example: On the other hand The Book is an oral tradition containing the rules and principles to be adopted by a pimp who wishes to be a player. 19. A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry. Labels: informal Example: Getting your book (portfolio) organised is the first step, and knowing both what to include, and what to leave out, is an essential step towards achieving that important agency placement. Example: Your portfolio — your book — has to be killer. 20. The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame. Labels: uncountable Example: The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw. Example: A book move 21. A package of silk. Labels: historical Example: This machinery was provided with a rotary drum with received upon its periphery the "books" of silk to be operated upon and presented them to travelling, combing, or dressing surfaces. The books were clamped and released automatically by the aid of bars formed with wedges and put in operation by screws […]