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BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does book of knowledge mean?
• BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE (noun)
The noun BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:
1. an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge
Familiarity information: BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("book of knowledge" is a kind of...):
cyclopaedia; cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; encyclopedia (a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty)
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