BOOK REVIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does book review mean? 

• BOOK REVIEW (noun)
  The noun BOOK REVIEW has 1 sense:

1. a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book)

  Familiarity information: BOOK REVIEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOK REVIEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A critical review of a book (usually a recently published book)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("book review" is a kind of...):

critical review; critique; review; review article (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))

 Context examples 

Contents include: Peer-reviewed reports on major oncology studies from around the world; Editorials and commentary by leading experts on key articles and current controversies in cancer; The latest news from the oncology community, book reviews, and conference and position announcements.

(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus)