the book
A specific volume
The book refers to authoritative rules or established procedures: do it by the book, throw the book at someone.
In sports, the book is the record: one for the books.
The Book, capitalized, typically means the Bible.
To book is to reserve or schedule: book a flight, book a hotel.
In slang, to book it means to move fast: We booked it out of there.
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- reference guideInformational consultation resource
- novelNew and unusual
- libraryBook collection or building
codex · anthology · manuscript · scroll · knowledge · Gutenberg Bible · chapter · printing press · instruction manual · memoir · spine · literacy · pages · page turner · wisdom · storytelling · poetry · censorship
the bookoral tradition
Culture passed by speech
live performance · digital media · audiovisual media · television · the stage
the bookimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
playing it by ear · instinct · gut feeling · winging it · spontaneity
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