Found 4 items, similar to BOOK.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: book
buku
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: book
buku, memboking, membukukan, memesan, memesan tempat, mendaftarkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: book
book
n 1: a written work or composition that has been published
(printed on pages bound together);
“I am reading a good
book on economics”
2: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound
together;
“he used a large book as a doorstop” [syn:
volume]
3: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;
“they
got a subpoena to examine our books” [syn:
ledger,
leger,
account book,
book of account]
4: a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on
one edge;
“he bought a book of stamps”
5: 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 recordbooks" [syn:
record,
record book]
6: a major division of a long written composition;
“the book of
Isaiah”
7: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition;
used in preparing for a performance [syn:
script,
playscript]
8: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis
of which decisions are made;
“they run things by the book
around here” [syn:
rule book]
9: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet
Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn:
Koran,
Quran,
al-Qur'an]
10: the sacred writings of the Christian religions;
“he went to
carry the Word to the heathen” [syn:
Bible,
Christian Bible
,
Good Book,
Holy Scripture,
Holy Writ,
Scripture,
Word of God,
Word]
book
v 1: record a charge in a police register;
“The policeman booked
her when she tried to solicit a man”
2: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in
advance;
“reserve me a seat on a flight”;
“The agent
booked tickets to the show for the whole family”;
“please
hold a table at Maxim's” [syn:
reserve,
hold]
3: engage for a performance;
“Her agent had booked her for
several concerts in Tokyo”
4: register in a hotel booker
English → English (gcide)
Definition: book
Rhapsody
\Rhap"so*dy\, n.; pl.
Rhapsodies. [F. rhapsodie, L.
rhapsodia, Gr. "rapsw,di`a, fr. "rapsw,do`s a rhapsodist;
"ra`ptein to sew, stitch together, unite + 'w,dh` a song. See
Ode.]
1. A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic
poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one
time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; --
called also a
book.
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2. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed
under excitement, and without dependence or natural
connection; rambling composition.
“A rhapsody of words.”
--Shak.
“A rhapsody of tales.” --Locke.
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3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an
improvisation; as, Liszt's
“Hungarian Rhapsodies.”
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Bell
\Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See
Bellow.]
1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
tin.
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The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words
“Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof.”
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2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
flower.
“In a cowslip's bell I lie.” --Shak.
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4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
within the leafage of a capital.
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5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
or the time so designated.
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Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
it has struck
“eight bells” it is struck once, and at
every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
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To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the
prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
--Fuller.
To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
team or drove, when wearing a bell.
To curse by bell,
book,
and candle, a solemn form of
excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
being used, and three candles being extinguished with
certain ceremonies. --Nares.
To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest.
“In single
fight he lost the bell.” --Fairfax.
To shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
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Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
self-explaining.
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Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
curve of an ogee.
Bell cage, or
Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame
constructed to carry one or more large bells.
Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
used to contain and support one or more bells.
Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
roof to the rooms below.
Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
bells.
Bell foundry, or
Bell foundery, a place where bells are
founded or cast.
Bell gable (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
bells.
Bell glass. See
Bell jar.
Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
--Aytoun.
Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
when used.
Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
musical bells for public entertainment.
Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
lines of a bell.
Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
Bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.
Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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