"record book" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: record books [plural]
Etymology: From record + book. Etymology templates: {{com|en|record|book}} record + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} record book (plural record books)
  1. (also idiomatic) A book which lists record-breaking achievements. Tags: also, idiomatic Translations (book listing achievements): rekordbok [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rekordbok [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-record_book-en-noun-BfLYRvbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'book listing achievements': 69 31
  2. A book in which a record is kept of events, similar to a logbook. Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-record_book-en-noun-GMz9co5q Disambiguation of Books: 40 60

Inflected forms

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