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album

al·bum [ álbəm ] (plural al·bums)

noun

Definition:

1. blank book: a book or binder with blank pages or pockets for keeping collected items such as postage stamps, photographs, mementos, and autographs

2. music recording: a music recording, sometimes including more than one CD, cassette, or record, issued as a single item

3. record holder: a cardboard holder for phonograph records, similar to a book in shape

4. U.K. collection: a collection in book form of short literary or musical pieces or pictures ( dated )

[Early 17th century. < Latin, "blank tablet" < albus "white"]

Word History


	The Latin word albus "white," from which album is derived, is also the source of English alb, albino, albumen, auburn, and daub.