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by-book

by-book noun: a notebook or memorandum book.

Noun

by-book (plural by-books)

  1. A notebook or memorandum book.
  2. A subordinate book containing notes or jottings to be afterward extended in due form.

Forms of by-book

pluralby-books
alternative formbybook

Origin of by-book

From by- (“secondary, incidental or parallel to”) + book.

Questions about by-book

What does by-book mean?
By-book means a notebook or memorandum book.
What part of speech is by-book?
By-book is a noun.
What is the plural of by-book?
The plural of by-book is by-books.

Words near by-book in the dictionary

  1. by-and-by
  2. by-bidder
  3. by-bidders
  4. by-blow
  5. by-blows
  6. by-book
  7. by-books
  8. by-business
  9. by-businesses
  10. by-catch
  11. by-catches

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