coloring book
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈkʌlərɪŋ bʊk/
- Baby Talk
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libro para colorear
- After dinner, he sat at the table, carefully coloring the pages of his favorite coloring book.
- coloring book and markers
OK, so next we have a coloring book and some crayons.
- OK, so next we have a coloring book and some crayons.
- So here we have some coloring books and crayons and markers.
- And she was like, you should make a coloring book of yourself as Jason Momoa.
- It's free, so it's not like we're really paying for coloring books.
- Technical fiction, philosophical sci-fi, coloring books, blog posts you read somewhere that had an impact on your life?
Examples
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Willie buttons my sweater and hands me the crayons and coloring book in a paper sack.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our son sat at the kitchen table, his fingers working crayons deep into a coloring book.
Fiction book (1997) -
Just finish your coloring book and go back to sleep.
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Do you wanna see my coloring book?
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Go get your coloring book.
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"Remember when Mom would buy us both coloring books at the same time?"
Fiction book (1997) -
I felt like a child being careful to stay inside the lines in a coloring book.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now back to your coloring book for a while while mommy makes breakfast.
Blog text (11) -
When my son, Nick, was three years old, I got him a Spiderman coloring book.
Blog text (8) -
In addition, fans will get a 16-page coloring book along with the deluxe package.
Blog text (33)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a book for coloring' is directly and compositionally derived from 'coloring' (the action of adding color) + 'book' (a bound set of pages); the first noun clearly modifies the second in a common English noun–noun compound pattern. This is a concrete, cross‑linguistically common concept (e.g. Spanish 'libro para colorear', French 'livre de coloriage'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Coloring book is a name that comes from the simple idea of a book full of pictures for coloring. Children use crayons or pencils to 'color in' the outline pictures, so the name means a book made for that activity today.