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Meaning Of Book

  1. n.
    A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
  2. n.
    A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
  3. n.
    A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
  4. n.
    A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
  5. n.
    Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
  6. v. t.
    To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
  7. v. t.
    To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.
  8. v. t.
    To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.



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