Definition of book

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Book (n.) A composition, written or printed; a treatise..

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Collector :: Collector (n.) A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
Needlebook :: Needlebook (n.) A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck..
Getterup :: Getterup (n.) One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc..
Directory :: Directory (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book..
Colporteur :: Colporteur (n.) A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books..
Chapbook :: Chapbook (n.) Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book..
Study :: Study (n.) To apply the mind to books or learning.
Original :: Original (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book..
Page :: Page (n.) One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
Voucher :: Voucher (n.) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts..
Black-letter :: Black-letter (a.) Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book..
Black-letter :: Black-letter (a.) Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date..
Schoolbook :: Schoolbook (n.) A book used in schools for learning lessons.
Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..
Exemplary :: Exemplary (n.) An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing..
Ecclesiasticus :: Ecclesiasticus (n.) A book of the Apocrypha.
Bookholder :: Bookholder (n.) A prompter at a theater.
Agate :: Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing..
Bookish :: Bookish (a.) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences..
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