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history book

history book noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see history, book. Also the singular of history books.

Noun

history book (plural history books)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see history, book.
    • Sitting at a corner table in the restaurant, he was reading a history book, while I was reading a book about the planet Jupiter.

Also used as

history book is also the singular of history books.

Forms of history book

pluralhistory books

Questions about history book

What does history book mean?
History book means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see history, book.
What part of speech is history book?
History book is a noun.
What is the plural of history book?
The plural of history book is history books.

Words near history book in the dictionary

  1. historize
  2. historized
  3. historizes
  4. historizing
  5. history
  6. history book
  7. history books
  8. history is written by the victors
  9. history of the four kings
  10. history painting
  11. history paintings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: history book (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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