Definitions for novel



Overview of noun novel

The noun novel has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (17) novel

(an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)

2. novel

(a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels")


Overview of adj novel

The adj novel has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) fresh, new, novel

(original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem")

2. novel, refreshing

(pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort")

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