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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Album \Al"bum\, noun [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf. {Alb}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
3. A blank book, in which to insert autographs, sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
album
noun
1: one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc [syn: {record album}]
2: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "album": Domesday Book, Festschrift, account book, address book, adversaria, ana, analects, annual, anthology, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, beauties, blankbook, blotter, calendar, canon, cashbook, catalog, chrestomathy, classified catalog, collectanea, collected works, collection, commonplace book, compilation, complete works, court calendar, daybook, delectus, desk calendar, diary, diptych, docket, engagement book, florilegium, flowers, garden, garland, journal, ledger, log, logbook, loose-leaf notebook, memo book, memorandum book, memory book, miscellanea, miscellany, notebook, omnibus, pad, petty cashbook, photograph album, pocket notebook, pocketbook, police blotter, posy, quotation book, scrapbook, scratch pad, spiral notebook, symposium, table, tablet, triptych, workbook, writing tablet, yearbook
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