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"book"
6 of 10 senses of book
Sense 1
book -- (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics")
HAS PART: signature -- (a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book)
HAS PART: running head, running headline -- (a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book)
Sense 2
book, volume -- (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop")
HAS PART: binding, book binding, cover, back -- (the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding")
Sense 3
ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book -- (a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books")
HAS MEMBER: accounting, accounting system, method of accounting -- (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)
Sense 8
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")
HAS PART: rule, prescript -- (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
HAS PART: rule -- (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess")
Sense 9
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)
HAS PART: sura -- (one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran is divided in 114 suras")
Sense 10
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")
HAS PART: Old Testament -- (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
HAS PART: Testament -- (either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible)
HAS PART: New Testament -- (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other Epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
HAS PART: text -- (a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon")
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