logbook

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/(US)
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/ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/(US) · /ˈlɔɡ.bʊk/(US) · /ˈlɒɡ.bʊk/

Definition of logbook

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A book in which measurements of a ship's position are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage, such as weather, resupply occasions, the crew's performance, other ships sighted, and so on.
    “Near-synonym: log”
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noun

  1. A book in which measurements of a ship's position are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage, such as weather, resupply occasions, the crew's performance, other ships sighted, and so on.
    “Near-synonym: log”
  2. (broadly)A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
    “"If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case."”
  3. (UK)A record of the ownership and licensing of a motor car.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook Compound of log + book, originally a record of a ship’s speed and progress, from a wooden float (chip log, or simply log) used to measure speed. First attested in the 1670s.

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