Idioms for book
Origin of book
before 900; Middle English, Old English
bōc; cognate with Dutch
boek, Old Norse
bōk, German
Buch; akin to Gothic
boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to
beech, as is often assumed
OTHER WORDS FROM book
Words nearby book
boogie-woogie,
boogieman,
boohai,
boohoo,
boojum tree,
book,
book bag,
book burning,
book club,
book end,
book gill
British Dictionary definitions for book in (1 of 2)
book in
verb (adverb)
to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at a hotel
mainly British
to record something in a book or register, esp one's arrival at a hotel
British Dictionary definitions for book in (2 of 2)
book
/ (bʊk) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for book
Old English
bōc; related to Old Norse
bōk, Old High German
buoh book, Gothic
bōka letter; see
beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)
Idioms and Phrases with book in
book
see balance the books; black book; bring to book; by the book; closed book; close the books; cook the books; crack a book; hit the books; in one's book; in someone's bad graces (books); judge a book by its cover; know like a book; make book; nose in a book; one for the books; open book; take a leaf out of someone's book; throw the book at; wrote the book on.