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songbook

songbook

8 2.1
A book with words and music for many songs
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔŋˌbʊk/
translation icon : cancionero
  • The teacher handed out copies of the songbook so that the students could follow along during the sing-along.
  • published songbook
  • music and songbooks
  • a new songbook

Yeah, it would probably be a personal songbook, a personal Canon, if you will.

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Examples

  • I'm very proud and honored to be a part of the Disney family, and to help present the Disney Songbook Singalong in partnership with Feeding America.

  • l'd like to sing a few songs tonight from the Simon & Garfunkel songbook.

  • - no, it's right out of the great american songbook, For your information.

  • Yeah, it would probably be a personal songbook, a personal Canon, if you will.

  • Gentlemen, we will now sing number 244 in your songbook.

  • His father bought him a guitar, and he learned the chords from a songbook of American country songs.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Uh, I have the songbooks here, so let's pass them amongst yourselves.

  • If possible, bring old hymnals or songbooks so students can sing with the residents and spend a little extra time socializing.

    Academic text (2005)
  • That's my songbook.

  • Quietly but full of verve, she sings the best of the songbooks, the ballads.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

hymnbook
vssongbook
1 4.9

A book with songs people sing in church

is a general collection of tunes and lyrics not limited to religious use
hymnary
vssongbook
9.8

A book that has hymns used in church services

is broader and may include secular pieces or popular music

How Complete

compendium
11 8.8
songbook
8 2.1
anthology
35 5.6
collection
759 1.4

Surface Forms

songbook singular
songbooks plural

Morphology

songbook = song + book (transparent) = song + book

The meaning is directly the sum of 'song' + 'book' (a book containing songs), which is straightforward for an average learner.

Etymology

Songbook is a simple combination of song ('a short piece of music with words') and book ('a set of pages'). So it literally means a 'book of songs', which is why a songbook contains the words and music for many songs.