leaf-book

liːf bʊk

Definition

Definition of leaf-book - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

stationery

Dated

book consisting of loose leaves of paper

Dated

She organized her recipes in a leaf-book for easy updating.

binder

folder

literature

Rare

unbound manuscript of an ancient classic

Rare

The museum displayed a leaf-book of ancient Greek texts.

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book consisting of loose leaves of paper
unbound manuscript of an ancient classic

Origin of leaf-book

English, leaf (page) + book (collection)

Terms with leaf-book included in their meaning

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folio

book page

page of a book, one side of a leaf

folium

literature

leaf of a manuscript or book

Examples of leaf-book in a sentence

He kept his notes in a leaf-book.
Scholars studied the leaf-book for historical insights.
The leaf-book contained rare illustrations from the period.

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French:carnet à feuilles, feuillet, ...
German:Loseblattsammlung, Manuskript, ...
Italian:quaderno a fogli mobili, manoscritto su fogli sciolti, ...
Spanish:cuaderno de hojas sueltas, libro en hojas, ...
Portuguese:livro de folhas soltas, manuscrito antigo, ...
Chinese:活页本, 古典手稿, ...
Japanese:リーフブック, 葉書, ...
Arabic:دَفْتَر أَوْراق مُنْفَصِلَة, مخطوطة أوراق, ...
Hebrew:סֵפֶר דַּפִּים, כְּתַב יָד לֹא כָּרוּךְ, ...
Russian:папка с листами, отдельный лист рукописи, ...
Ukrainian:листова книга, ...
Hindi:पत्तों की किताब, पर्ण-पुस्तक, ...
Bengali:পাতার বই, অবিন্যস্ত পাণ্ডুলিপি, ...
Catalan:llibre de fulles soltes, llibre de fulles, ...
Czech:pořadač, nevázaný rukopis antického díla, ...
Danish:bladbog, blad-bog, ...
Dutch:bladboek, ...
Greek:βιβλίο φύλλων, χειρόγραφο, ...
Hungarian:gyűrűs mappa, ókori klasszikus mű kötetlen kézirata, ...
Khmer:សៀវភៅសន្លឹកដោះបាន, សាត្រាស្លឹកដែលមិនចងជាសៀវភៅនៃស្នាដៃបុរាណ, ...
Korean:리프북, 고전 원고, ...
Persian:کتاب برگ, کتاب‌برگ, ...
Polish:książka z luźnymi kartkami, rękopis, ...
Portuguese (BR):livro de folhas soltas, manuscrito, ...
Romanian:carte cu foi, manuscris nelegat, ...
Swedish:bladbok, lösbladsskrift, ...
Thai:สมุดใบ, ต้นฉบับโบราณ, ...
Turkish:yaprak kitap, el yazması, ...
Vietnamese:sách lá, bản thảo chưa đóng, ...

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