n. 1. A book of songs. 2. The songs of a specific time, place, or composer, considered as a unified body of work: the Cole Porter songbook. [Middle English songbok, from Old English sangbōc : sang, song; see sengwh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + bōc, book; see bhāgo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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