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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsodies.” [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. [1913 Webster] 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.” [1913 Webster] 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. “In a cowslip's bell I lie.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]