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album
al·bum / ˈalbəm/ • n. 1. a blank book for the insertion of photographs, stamps, or pictures: the wedding pictures had pride of place in the family album. 2. a collection of recordings, on long-playing record, cassette, or compact disc, that are issued as a single item. |
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"album." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "album." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-album.html "album." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-album.html |
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album blank book for the insertion of collected items. XVII. — L. album (white tablet on which records, etc., were inscribed, list), sb. use of n. of albus white; first in G. use as album amicorum ‘album of friends’, in which the owner collected the signatures of fellow scholars.
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T. F. HOAD. "album." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "album." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-album.html T. F. HOAD. "album." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-album.html |
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•jeroboam, Noam, Siloam
•brougham
•residuum, triduum
•continuum • Brabham • album
•sachem • Beecham • Mitchum
•Adam, macadam, madam, Madame
•avizandum, fandom, memorandum, nil desperandum, random, tandem
•tarmacadam
•shahdom, stardom, tsardom
•beldam, seldom
•addendum, corrigendum, referendum
•heirdom • sheikhdom • Gaeldom
•thanedom • saintdom
•Edom, freedom, Needham
•chiefdom, fiefdom
•queendom • heathendom
•crippledom • officialdom • Wyndham
•Christendom • kingdom • princedom
•wisdom • fogeydom • yuppiedom
•rodham, Sodom
•condom
•boredom, whoredom
•thraldom • Oldham • popedom
•dukedom
•Carborundum, corundum
•poppadom • pauperdom • martyrdom
•reductio ad absurdum • serfdom
•earldom
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"album." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "album." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-album.html "album." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-album.html |
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