BOOK

Meaning

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

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”).

Synonyms & Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 14 recorded puzzles:

• 2026-04-21BCRKIOW
• 2026-01-23KBLDCEO
• 2025-11-14KANOBLE
• 2025-09-02BCHLOKS
• 2025-03-14KRALOCB
• 2024-09-17OAKCBDR
• 2024-08-11BTACKOL
• 2024-04-18BIOLKNT
• 2024-01-12BRAOKCL
• 2023-11-04BEIKLMO
• 2023-09-29OTAKJBC
• 2023-08-10ONALEBK

+2 earlier appearances in the archive.