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al·bum
\ˈalbəm, rapid ˈalbəm or ˈau̇bəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, tablet on which edicts were written, list of names, from neuter of albus white — more at elf
1.
a. : a bound or loose-leaf book usually with mostly blank pages or some other volume or packet designed or used for making a collection (as of autographs, stamps, photographs, drawings, or specimens) usually according to a selected theme, subject, or pattern — compare scrapbook
b. : a rigid or semirigid envelopelike, booklike, or boxlike container usually made of strong paperboard and designed to hold and protect one or more phonograph records
c. : one or more phonograph records or tape recordings carrying either the whole of a long recording (as of a complete opera) or a grouped selection of shorter recordings (as of excerpts from a film score)
2. : a usually representative collection (as of literary selections, musical compositions, or pictures) : anthology; especially : a published collection of this kind usually in book form |