Definition of ALBUM

album

Meanings

Plural: alba, albums

Noun

  • one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
  • a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
  • In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
  • A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
  • A collection, especially of literary items
  • A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
  • A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
  • A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).

Synonyms

disc, disk, long-playing, LP, record album

Scrabble Score: 9

album is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
album is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
album is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

album is a valid Words With Friends word