Phrase Hound found 298 phrases and 151 compound words that contain books. The most common are listed below. Open books in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 298
- off the booksWith regard to income, undeclared for taxes and social insurance purposes, etc.
- Used books
- hit the booksTo study, especially with particular intensity.
- good booksFavorable regard; personal approval; kindly treatment.
- history booksA notional place where events, people or objects which are deemed memorable or important from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
- comic booksplural of comic book: A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.
- Print books
- cook the booksTo manipulate accounting information, especially illegally.
- Two Books
- e-booksplural of e-book: An electronic book, a book published in electronic form.
- year-booksplural of year-book: A reference book, published annually.
- books of hoursplural of book of hours: An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
- reference booksplural of reference book: A book providing factual information.
- school booksplural of school book: A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.
- audio-booksplural of audio-book: Rare spelling of audiobook.
- text-booksplural of text-book: A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
- Black Booksplural of Black Book: Any of several books or documents of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes.
- reading booksplural of reading book: A type of book designed for individuals who are learning to read in a particular language.
- close the booksTo finalize the financial records for a specific accounting period; to cease trading.
- open booksplural of open book: Designating exams in which specified external resources, potentially including textbooks, glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc. may be used.
- balance the booksTo add up all the debits and credits.
- City Books
- D C Books
- New Page Books
- Public Books
Compound words 151
- booksyPertaining to books.
- textbooksplural of textbook: A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
- notebooksplural of notebook: A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.
- audiobooksplural of audiobook: A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.
- cookbooksplural of cookbook: A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
- handbooksplural of handbook: A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
- guidebooksplural of guidebook: A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.
- workbooksplural of workbook: A book, used by a student, in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises.
- sportsbooksplural of sportsbook: A place where a gambler can bet on various sports competitions; the company that runs it; the website that is its online presence. (Most such companies offer online betting, subject to geofencing by state.)
- scrapbooksplural of scrapbook: A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.