book burning
A mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.
book
UK /bʊk/ US /bʊk/
noun 5verb 5name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
Knowing I lou'd my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome.
I repeat: it suffices that a book be possible for it to exist. Only the impossible is excluded. For example: no book can be a ladder, although no doubt there are books which discuss and negate and demonstrate this possibility and others whose structure corresponds to that of a ladder.
2
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.
I have three copies of his first book.
“I would never read a book,” he once told an interviewer. “I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that.”
3
A major division of a long work.
Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
4
A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
5
A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
verb
1
To reserve (something) for future use.
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
2
To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
They booked that message from the hill.
3
To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
I booked a flight to New York.
4
To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
The police booked him for driving too fast.
5
To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
name
1
A surname.
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