main part of a book

main Adjective

— The main thing is the most important or biggest one. They turned off the main road and saw a small house. There are many problems, but the main one is money. what was the main reason for war in Europe in 1914?

main Noun

— A main is a large pipe or wire that carries gas, water, electricity, etc. A break in a water main has closed the road.

part Noun

— A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it. As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly. Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it. I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.

part Verb

— If A and B part, they were together and now they are not. My wife and I parted after our son died. We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it. He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

book Noun

— A book is a lot of paper joined together with writing and pictures printed on them for you to read or write in. I borrow books from the library, and keep them in a bookcase. — A book is a group of stamps, matches, tickets, etc., held together inside a paper cover. — A company's books are its money records. An outside accountant kept the books and signed the checks until he joined the company.

book Verb

— If you book something or someone, you reserve them for a certain time. I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night. I can book tickets for the concert next week. — If you book someone, you officially put their name in police records for a crime. The police booked him for driving too fast.