Book and Play

Book

Book noun - A set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction.

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Play and book are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Book".

Nearby Words: booked, bookish, booklet, booking, bookie

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Book and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Book" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old book	old play
full	full book	full play
short	short book	short play
original	original book	original play
Other adjectives: single, popular, actual, entire, big, little, lost, main, famous, new, early, final, next, last, latest, earlier, previous, audio, eponymous.

One legitimately funny scene features villain Ellsworth Toohey and his quasi-intellectual friends deciding which god awful book or play will become part of the Genius Book Club next.

Source: Genius Book Club
Basically it tells you to read a book or play outside instead of playing, because videogames will only make you stupid.

Source: Video Game / Hitman
The Mourning Wasp then featured in the prologue of the final book and play an important role in the book.

Source: Literature / Legends of the Red Sun

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