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A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
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He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
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A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
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I have three copies of his first book.
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A major division of a long work.
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Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
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A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
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I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
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A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
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a book of raffle tickets
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The script of a musical or opera.
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(usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
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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).
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(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
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Four of a kind
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A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
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(by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
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The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
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Any source of instruction.