Book

What “Book” means

Noun

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
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.
3. A major division of a long work.
4. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
5. A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.

Verb

1. To reserve (something) for future use.
2. To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
3. To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
4. To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
5. To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Bookmaker sense by clipping. Cognates Cognate with Scots beuk, buik, buke (“book”), Yola buke (“book”), North Frisian Bok, buk, bök (“book”), Saterland Frisian Bouk (“book”), West Frisian, Dutch boek (“book”), Alemannic German Buech (“book”), Bavarian Buach (“book”), Central Franconian Booch, Buch (“book”), German, Luxembourgish Buch (“book”), German Low German Book (“book”), Limburgish book, Bouk (“book”), Vilamovian büch (“book”), Yiddish בוך (bukh, “book”), Danish bog (“book”), Elfdalian buok (“book”), Faroese, Icelandic bók (“book”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bok (“book”).

Etymology tree Old English bōcian Middle English booken English book From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English bōcian, ġebōcian, from the noun (see above).

Business name ideas with “Book”

Industries where “Book” fits

We suggest this word for 6 business types and industries, including:

• Bookstore
• Book Publishers
• Book Stores
• Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers
• Books Printing
• Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)