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say it: buuk
book is a noun and verb meaning "a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)". It is pronounced /ˈbʊk/ — buuk. It carries 15 recorded senses.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
“I am reading a good book on economics”
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
“he used a large book as a doorstop”
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
“Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'”
“his name is in all the record books”
a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
“they got a subpoena to examine our books”
a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
“they run things by the book around here”
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
“he went to carry the Word to the heathen”
a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
“he bought a book of stamps”
register in a hotel booker
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for book come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.