Hypertext Webster Gateway: "album"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Album \Al"bum\, n. [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf.
{Alb}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A white tablet on which anything was
inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
3. A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches,
memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
album
n 1: one or more recordings issued together; originally released
on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive
record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and
compact disc [syn: {record album}]
2: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for
organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
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