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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:

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:
cost ledger; general ledger; subsidiary ledger; daybook, journal
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:

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:
promptbook, prompt copy; continuity; dialogue, dialog; libretto; scenario; screenplay; shooting script
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:

family Bible; Vulgate; Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version; Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible; Revised Version; New English Bible; American Standard Version, American Revised Version; Revised Standard Version

Verb book has 4 senses

book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
--₁ is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
reserve, hold, book - 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"
--₂ is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest

Derived form: noun booking₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
book - engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
--₃ is one way to schedule

Derived forms: noun booker₁, noun booking₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
book - register in a hotel booker
--₄ is one way to register

Derived form: noun booking₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s