Book vs. Tome

Booknoun

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

Booknoun

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.

Booknoun

(heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Booknoun

A major division of a long work.

Booknoun

(gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

Booknoun

A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

Booknoun

(theatre) The script of a musical.

Booknoun

Records of the accounts of a business.

Booknoun

A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.

Booknoun

(legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).

Booknoun

(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.

Booknoun

(poker slang) four of a kind

Booknoun

(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.

Booknoun

A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

Booknoun

(cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

Bookverb

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

Bookverb

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

Bookverb

To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

Bookverb

(sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

Bookverb

To travel very fast.

Bookverb

To record bets as bookmaker.

Bookverb

To receive the highest grade in a class.

Bookverb

To leave.

Booknoun

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.

Booknoun

A composition, written or printed; a treatise.

Booknoun

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

Booknoun

A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.; - often used in the plural; as, they got a subpoena to examine our books.

Booknoun

Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of bridge or whist, being the minimum number of tricks that must be taken before any additional tricks are counted as part of the score for that hand; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.

Booknoun

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; - used in preparing for a performance.

Booknoun

a set of paper objects (tickets, stamps, matches, checks etc.) bound together by one edge, like a book; as, he bought a book of stamps.

Booknoun

a book or list, actual or hypothetical, containing records of the best performances in some endeavor; a recordbook; - used in the phrase one for the book or one for the books.

Booknoun

the set of facts about an athlete's performance, such as typical performance or playing habits or methods, that are accumulated by potential opponents as an aid in deciding how best to compete against that athlete; as, the book on Ted Williams suggests pitching to him low and outside.

Booknoun

same as book value.

Booknoun

the list of current buy and sell orders maintained by a stock market specialist.

Booknoun

the purchase orders still outstanding and unfilled on a company's ledger; as, book to bill ratio.

Bookverb

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

Bookverb

To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; to reserve{2}; also, to make an arrangement for a reservation; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater; to book a reservation at a restaurant.

Bookverb

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

Bookverb

to make an official record of a charge against (a suspect in a crime); - performed by police.

Booknoun

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together);

Booknoun

physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;

Booknoun

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;

Booknoun

a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge;

Booknoun

a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;

Booknoun

a major division of a long written composition;

Booknoun

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

Booknoun

a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made;

Booknoun

the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

Booknoun

the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

Bookverb

record a charge in a police register;

Bookverb

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;

Bookverb

engage for a performance;

Bookverb

register in a hotel booker

Booknoun

a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers

Booknoun

a literary composition that is published or intended for publication as a book

Booknoun

a main division of a literary work or of the Bible

Booknoun

the libretto of a musical or opera, or the script of a play.

Booknoun

used to refer to studying

Booknoun

the telephone directory for the area in which someone lives

Booknoun

a magazine

Booknoun

an imaginary record or list (often used to emphasize the comprehensiveness of someone's actions or experience)

Booknoun

a bound set of blank sheets for writing in

Booknoun

a set of records or accounts

Booknoun

a bookmaker's record of bets accepted and money paid out.

Booknoun

the notebook in which a referee writes the names of players who are cautioned for foul play

Booknoun

the first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of bridge, after which further tricks count towards fulfilling the contract.

Booknoun

a set of tickets, stamps, matches, samples of cloth, etc., bound together

Bookverb

reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance

Bookverb

reserve accommodation for (someone)

Bookverb

register one's arrival at a hotel

Bookverb

engage (a performer or guest) for an event

Bookverb

have all places reserved; be full

Bookverb

make an official note of the personal details of (a person who has broken a law or rule)

Bookverb

(of a referee) note down the name of (a player) who is cautioned for foul play

Bookverb

leave suddenly

Bookverb

move quickly; hurry

Book

A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex (plural, codices).

Tomenoun

One in a series of volumes.

Tomenoun

A large or scholarly book.

Tomenoun

As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; - usually applied to a ponderous volume.

Tomenoun

a (usually) large and scholarly book

Tomenoun

a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one