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wordbook

UK/ˈwɜːdˌbʊk/US/ˈwɝdˌbʊk/

wordbook noun: a dictionary.

Noun

wordbook (plural wordbooks)

  1. (especially, sometimes puristic) A dictionary.
  2. (sometimes puristic) A reference book that focuses mainly on lexicon (vocabulary), spelling, and (sometimes) syllabication, but with little to no information about definitions, synonyms, history, or usage.
  3. The libretto of an opera.

wordbook meaning in Urdu

wordbook in Urdu

لغت

Forms of wordbook

pluralwordbooks

Origin of wordbook

1590, from word + book. Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”).

Questions about wordbook

What does wordbook mean?
Wordbook means a dictionary.
What is wordbook in Urdu?
Wordbook in Urdu is لغت. See Wordbook meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wordbook?
Wordbook is a noun.
How do you pronounce wordbook?
Wordbook is pronounced /ˈwɝdˌbʊk/ (US).
What is the plural of wordbook?
The plural of wordbook is wordbooks.

Words near wordbook in the dictionary

  1. wordable
  2. wordage
  3. wordages
  4. wordaholic
  5. wordaholics
  6. wordbook
  7. wordbooks
  8. wordbound
  9. wordbreak
  10. wordbreaks
  11. wordbuilding

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wordbook (page history and authors); wordbook (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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