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small book

small book noun: synonym of logbook.

Noun

small book (plural small books)

  1. (historical) Synonym of logbook.
    Synonyms:
    logbook
  2. (archaic) A process by which someone is to be detained or held on investigation without an official charge being filed; suspects placed in it were routinely held incommunicado (denied phone calls and visitors) while detectives aggressively interrogated them for confessions without formally charging them.
    • a prisoner is being placed/held on the small book

small book meaning in Hindi, Kannada and Gujarati

small book in Hindi

small book, pocket-version of a book
गुटका guṭkā

small book in Kannada

ಕಿರುಹೊತ್ತಗೆ, ಕಿರಿಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ, ಕಿರುಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ

small book in Gujarati

a small book
પોથી pothī

Synonyms of small book

Forms of small book

pluralsmall books

Origin of small book

Coined in the mid-20th century; a reference to the literal logbooks or "small books" officers use at the station.

Questions about small book

What does small book mean?
Small book means synonym of logbook.
What is small book in Hindi?
Small book in Hindi is गुटका (guṭkā). See Small book meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is small book?
Small book is a noun.
What is the plural of small book?
The plural of small book is small books.

Words near small book in the dictionary

  1. small blind
  2. small blinds
  3. small block
  4. small blue
  5. small blues
  6. small book
  7. small bowel
  8. small bowels
  9. small brown crow
  10. small brown crows
  11. small business

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Adapted from Wiktionary: small book (page history and authors); गुटका (Hindi) (page history and authors); small book (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પોથી (Gujarati) (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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