What is a book?

Question

Please define it for me. Hehe. Thanks! :)

Hey! Do not use dictionary definitons, oki? hehe. Thanks! :)

Answer 1

a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.

Answer 2

a story written down on pages

Answer 3

1. bound collection of pages: a collection of printed or manuscript pages sewn or glued together along one side and bound between rigid boards or flexible covers

2. published work: a published work of literature, science, or reference, or one intended for publication

3. bound set of blank sheets: a bound set of blank sheets of paper, for example for writing in

4. set of things bound together: a set of objects, for example, matches or fabric samples, that are bound or otherwise fixed together

5. division of literary work: each of several major divisions of a literary work, or of the Bible

6. set of rules: the body of rules or procedures relevant to a situation
likes to do things by the book

7. bookmaker’s record: a record kept by a bookmaker of the bets made and of the money paid out

8. script or libretto: the script of a play, or the libretto of an opera

9. card games number of tricks needed in scoring: the number
of tricks that need to be won by a player or side in order to be scored
10. imaginary record: any imaginary record, archive, or repository of knowledge

11. sports record about sports opponents: in sports, a record of facts and information about the strengths and weaknesses of a player or team

12. See promptbook

13. or book or BookBible: the Christian Bible or Hebrew scripture


npl or books
1. accounting financial accounts: the financial records and accounts of an organization
2. learning: academic study


v (past booked, past participle booked, present participle book·ing, 3rd person present singular books)
1. vti make reservation: to arrange for somebody to keep a place available at a specified time, for example, at the theater or in a restaurant
2. vt engage to do something: to engage somebody in advance to do something or be somewhere, especially as a performer (often passive)
3. vi leave a place: to leave a place (slang)
Yo man, let’s book!

4. vt U.K. sports take name of offending player: officially to take the name of a player who has committed an offense (often passive)
5. vt law charge with offense: to charge somebody with a criminal offense, pending legal proceedings (often passive)


[Old English bōc “written document.” Ultimately from an Indo-European word meaning “beech,” which is also the ancestor of English beech; the early Germanic peoples carved runic inscriptions on beechwood tablets.]

a closed book a person or thing about which little, if anything, is known or understood
an open book a person or thing that is fully understood
bring somebody to book to admonish somebody
cook the books to alter records, especially financial accounts, to conceal irregularities or wrongdoing (slang)
in somebody’s book in somebody’s opinion
in somebody’s good or bad books in or out of favor with somebody
make book on something to accept bets on the likelihood of something happening
throw the book at somebody to charge somebody with all the offenses he or she may be guilty of, or punish somebody with the maximum penalty