<b><font size="4">"book"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" </li> <li>physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: <a href="../volume.html">volume</a>] </li> <li>a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: <a href="../ledger.html">ledger</a>, <a href="../leger.html">leger</a>, <a href="/">account book</a>, <a href="/">book of account</a>] </li> <li>a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" </li> <li>a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" [syn: <a href="../record.html">record</a>, <a href="../record.html book">record book</a>] </li> <li>a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" </li> <li>a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: <a href="../script.html">script</a>, <a href="../playscript.html">playscript</a>] </li> <li>a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" [syn: <a href="/">rule book</a>] </li> <li>the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: <a href="../Koran.html">Koran</a>, <a href="../Quran.html">Quran</a>, <a href="../al-Qur_an.html">al-Qur'an</a>] </li> <li>the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: <a href="../Bible.html">Bible</a>, <a href="/">Christian Bible</a>, <a href="/">Good Book</a>, <a href="/">Holy Scripture</a>, <a href="/">Holy Writ</a>, <a href="../Scripture.html">Scripture</a>, <a href="/">Word of God</a>, <a href="../Word.html">Word</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" </li> <li>arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" [syn: <a href="../reserve.html">reserve</a>, <a href="../hold.html">hold</a>] </li> <li>engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" </li> <li>register in a hotel booker</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../book.html">http://www.word.sc/book</a>

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