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Definition of Book
Book

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.

A composition, written or printed; a treatise.

A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.

To enter, write, or register in a book or list.

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.

To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.

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Book Quotations

It's a very good historical book about history.
Dan Quayle

I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old.
Steven Cojocaru

For each book, the time is also broken up.
George Stephen

Who learns most from a good book is the author.
Jose Bergamin

No two persons ever read the same book.
Edmund Wilson

Book Translations

book in Afrikaans is bestel, boek
book in Danish is bog, bestille
book in Dutch is boek
book in Finnish is kirja, tilata
book in French is commander, livre, comptabiliser, retenir
book in German is bestellen, Buch, Heft, buchen, Buch
book in Italian is libro, registrare
book in Latin is liber libri
book in Norwegian is bok
book in Portuguese is livro
book in Spanish is libro, pedir
book in Swedish is bok, tinga


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