album
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈæl.bəm/
:
álbum
- We spent the afternoon looking through the old family album and reminiscing about past vacations.
- a photo album
- album of photographs
- a family album
My wife has a secret Google account with a photo album saved called XX.
- My wife has a secret Google account with a photo album saved called XX.
Examples
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I've lost track of time, still sitting with the photo album when the headlights swim into the driveway.
Fiction book (1994) -
I've got the pictures to prove it- albums and albums of pictures of the two of us being a couple in hundreds of settings, watching sunrises off volcano tops, sunsets from the pier.
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I have in my hand an album.
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I would, however, love to buy you lunch, maybe look at a family album.
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It's in a photo album at home in our closet.
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You should check out the family photo album sometime.
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Making an album for Grandfather!
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"Then last night I caught her going through some photo albums she keeps in her room.
Fiction book (1992) -
In a photo album, Jesse would find a letter that his father had written to Lydia.
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Someone looking through our photo album... ... would conclude that we had led a joyous, leisurely existence... ...free of tragedy.
Synonyms
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2.1
A book where you keep photos, ticket stubs, and other items that remind you of events
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1.8
A book with pages for keeping and showing photos
A book with pages for keeping and showing postage stamps
A book with blank pages for collecting signatures from famous people
Compounds
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4.1
An album where different artists perform songs to honor a musician or support a cause
- Specialized
A common wild plant with soft green leaves you can cook and eat like spinach, also called lamb's quarters
- Specialized
A pale pink wild orchid with a pouch-like lip from northeastern America
- Specialized
A European plant in the mint family with white flowers like nettles but without stinging hairs
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Etymology
Album comes from the Latin word albus meaning 'white'. It first meant a white or 'blank' book used to keep notes, pictures, or stamps, so an album today is a book for your photos or collections.