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Noun book has 10 senses
- book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"
--1 is a kind of publication
--1 has parts: signature; running head, running headline
--1 has particulars: | authority; formulary, pharmacopeia; Utopia; trade book, trade edition; bestiary; catechism; tome; booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet; textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text; workbook; copybook; appointment book, appointment calendar; catalog, catalogue; phrase book; playbook; prayer book, prayerbook; reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts; review copy; songbook; Das Kapital, Capital; yearbook |
- book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
--2 is a kind of product, production
--2 has parts: binding, book binding, cover, back
--2 has particulars:
- ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book - a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
--3 is a kind of record
--3 has members: accounting, accounting system, method of accounting
--3 has particulars:
- book - a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"
--4 is a kind of product, production
- record, record book, book - 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"
--5 is a kind of fact
--5 has particulars: logbook; won-lost record; card, scorecard
- book - a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah"
--6 is a kind of section, subdivision
--6 is a part of text, textual matter
--6 has particulars: | Genesis, Book of Genesis; Exodus, Book of Exodus; Leviticus, Book of Leviticus; Numbers, Book of Numbers; Deuteronomy, Book of Deuteronomy; Joshua, Josue, Book of Joshua; Judges, Book of Judges; Ruth, Book of Ruth; I Samuel, 1 Samuel; II Samuel, 2 Samuel; I Kings, 1 Kings; II Kings, 2 Kings; I Chronicles, 1 Chronicles; II Chronicles, 2 Chronicles; Ezra, Book of Ezra; Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah; Esther, Book of Esther; Job, Book of Job; Psalms, Book of Psalms; Proverbs, Book of Proverbs; Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes; Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles; Isaiah, Book of Isaiah; Jeremiah, Book of Jeremiah; Lamentations, Book of Lamentations; Ezekiel, Ezechiel, Book of Ezekiel; Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel; Hosea, Book of Hosea; Joel, Book of Joel; Amos, Book of Amos; Obadiah, Abdias, Book of Obadiah; Jonah, Book of Jonah; Micah, Micheas, Book of Micah; Nahum, Book of Nahum; Habakkuk, Habacuc, Book of Habakkuk; Zephaniah, Sophonias, Book of Zephaniah; Haggai, Aggeus, Book of Haggai; Zechariah, Zacharias, Book of Zachariah; Malachi, Malachias, Book of Malachi; Matthew, Gospel According to Matthew; Mark, Gospel According to Mark; Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke; John, Gospel According to John; Acts of the Apostles, Acts; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, Epistle to the Romans, Romans; First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, First Epistle to the Corinthians, I Corinthians; Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Second Epistle to the Corinthians, II Corinthians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Epistle to the Galatians, Galatians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Ephesians, Ephesians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Epistle to the Philippians, Philippians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the Colossians, Colossians; First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, First Epistle to the Thessalonians, I Thessalonians; Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, II Thessalonians; First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, First Epistle to Timothy, I Timothy; Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, Second Epistle to Timothy, II Timothy; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus, Epistle to Titus, Titus; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon, Philemon; Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews; Epistle of James, James; First Epistle of Peter, I Peter; Second Epistle of Peter, II Peter; First Epistle of John, I John; Second Epistel of John, II John; Third Epistel of John, III John; Epistle of Jude, Jude; Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation; Additions to Esther; Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children; Susanna, Book of Susanna; Bel and the Dragon; Baruch, Book of Baruch; Letter of Jeremiah, Epistle of Jeremiah; Tobit, Book of Tobit; Judith, Book of Judith; I Esdra, 1 Esdras; II Esdras, 2 Esdras; Ben Sira, Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom; I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees; II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees |
- script, book, playscript - a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
--7 is a kind of dramatic composition, dramatic work
--7 has particulars:
- book, rule book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"
--8 is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--8 has parts: rule, prescript; rule
- Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book - the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
--9 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
--9 has parts: sura
- Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
--10 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
--10 has parts: Old Testament; Testament; New Testament; text
--10 has particulars:
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