ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Album

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈælbəm/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Album is a noun meaning A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.

Meaning

A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.

More Meanings

  1. A collection, especially of literary items.
  2. A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
  3. A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
  4. A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
  5. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.

Example Sentences

He has released 8 albums so far.
His albums are very popular on Spotify.
In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it.
This mixture was to be effected either by drawing the juries partly from the senate (of about 300 members), partly from an album of 300 equites (Plut. CG 5.2, Comp. 2.1), or by adlecting 600 equites into the senate and drawing the juries from this new senatorial order (Liv. Per. 60).

Word Forms

Synonyms for album

Depending on context, synonyms include disk, disc, LP, long-playing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include register, essay, yearbook, catalog, roster, catalogue.

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