Book Meaning

There are 15 meaning(s) for word Book

Meaning 1 : register in a hotel booker

Meaning 2 : record a charge in a police register

    Example : The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man

Meaning 3 : engage for a performance

    Example : Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo

Meaning 4 : a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

    Example : I am reading a good book on economics

Meaning 5 : a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge

    Example : he bought a book of stamps

Meaning 6 : a major division of a long written composition

    Example : the book of Isaiah

Meaning 7 : a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

Meaning 8 : arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

    Example : The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family

    Synonyms : hold,  reserve
Meaning 9 : a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

    Example : they run things by the book around here

    Synonyms : rule book
Meaning 10 : the sacred writings of the Christian religions

    Synonyms : bible,  christian bible,  good book,  holy scripture,  holy writ,  scripture,  word,  word of god
Meaning 11 : a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

    Synonyms : playscript,  script
Meaning 12 : a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

    Example : his name is in all the record books

    Synonyms : record,  record book
Meaning 13 : the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

    Synonyms : al-qur'an,  koran,  quran
Meaning 14 : a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

    Example : they got a subpoena to examine our books

    Synonyms : account book,  book of account,  ledger,  leger
Meaning 15 : physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

    Example : he used a large book as a doorstop

    Synonyms : volume

How to Pronounce Book

  • bʊk