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English meaning

  • book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  • ledger noun A book or record used to track financial transactions.
  • textbook noun A book used for formal study of a particular subject, especially in schools or universities.
  • tome noun A large, heavy, or scholarly book, especially one volume in a series.

Senses

书 is used for these senses in English:

  • beechnut The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
  • book A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
  • omasum (biology, food) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.
  • textbook (literally) Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
  • tome A large or scholarly book.

book — full definition

  1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
  3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
  4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
  5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

ledger — full definition

  1. noun A book or record used to track financial transactions.
  2. verb To fish using a weight that holds the bait on the riverbed.

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