BLUE BOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue book mean? 

• BLUE BOOK (noun)
  The noun BLUE BOOK has 3 senses:

1. a report published by the British government; bound in blue

2. a register of persons who are socially prominent

3. a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations

  Familiarity information: BLUE BOOK used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE BOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A report published by the British government; bound in blue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blue book" is a kind of...):

report; study; written report (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A register of persons who are socially prominent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blue book" is a kind of...):

directory (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blue book" is a kind of...):

booklet; brochure; folder; leaflet; pamphlet (a small book usually having a paper cover)

 Context examples 

Then he sat gazing for a moment in silent amazement at a small blue book which lay before him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)