a book, esp one of a set or one forming one part of a large work

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature — Oscar Wilde

a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form

a series of issues of a periodical for a given period of time, esp one year

formerly, a roll of parchment or papyrus

space occupied as measured in cubic units; cubic capacity

the amount of a substance occupying a particular volume

an amount

a bulk or large mass

(also in pl) a considerable quantity; a great deal

the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound

a control on a radio, etc by means of which the loudness of the sound can be adjusted