1.Definition: a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

Category: General

2.Definition: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

"They run things by the book around here"

Category: General

3.Definition: 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 record books"

Related Noun(s):record

Category: General

4.Definition: a major division of a long written composition

"The book of Isaiah"

Category: General

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

"He bought a book of stamps"

Category: Objects

6.Definition: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

"They got a subpoena to examine our books"

Related Noun(s):ledger, leger

Category: General

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

Related Noun(s):playscript, script

Category: General

8.Definition: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

"I am reading a good book on economics"

Category: General

9.Definition: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

"He used a large book as a doorstop"

Related Noun(s):volume

Category: Objects

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

Related Noun(s):koran, quran

Category: General

11.Definition: the sacred writings of the Christian religions

Related Noun(s):bible, scripture, word

Category: General