| black book |
a real or imaginary notebook containing names of people, usu. recorded for future censure or punishment. |
| blue book |
an official U.S. government publication, such as a report or register, often with a blue cover. [3 definitions] |
| book club |
a commercial enterprise that sells or lends books to subscribers, usu. at a discount in exchange for a specified minimum purchase. |
| book learning |
knowledge acquired from books or in school rather than through practical experience. [2 definitions] |
| Book of Changes |
see "I Ching." |
| Book of Common Prayer |
the official book of services and prayers in the Anglican Church. |
| book review |
a critical review of a book. [2 definitions] |
| book value |
the value of a business, asset, share of stock, or the like, as shown in the financial accounting records. (Cf. market value.) |
| bookend |
a support, often ornamental and in a pair, used to prop up the end of a row of books. |
| by the book |
according to the rules; in the proper form or manner. |
| coloring book |
a paperbound book, usu. for children, containing pictures printed in outline that are to be colored in with crayon, watercolors, or the like. |
| comic book |
a book or magazine that contains a series of cartoons telling a story or stories. |
| commonplace book |
a notebook in which one records quotations, poems, extracts, thoughts, and the like. |
| cookery book |
(chiefly British) a book containing recipes, directions for cooking, and other information about food; cookbook. |
| crack a book |
to open a book and read it, or to discipline oneself to study. |
| Domesday Book |
the written record of a census of landowners and their holdings covering all of England, compiled by order of William the Conqueror about 1086. |
| Doomsday Book |
variant of Domesday Book. |
| e-book |
a book published in digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device. |
| Good Book |
the Bible (usu. prec. by "the"). |
| Guinness Book of World Records |
a book published yearly since 1955 compiling thousands of world records including both human achievements and natural phenomena. |