booklet

Everyday

A small, thin book with a paper cover, often giving information or instructions. tree →

In the lessons

At school pupils get exam booklets, reading booklets and maths booklets; in everyday life there are instruction booklets, travel booklets and safety booklets. Phrases: "answer booklet", "instruction booklet", "information booklet".

Examples

• Write your answers in the answer booklet. tree →
• The toy came with an instruction booklet. tree →
• We made a booklet about our class trip. tree →
• Read the safety booklet before using the bike. tree →
• The teacher handed out a maths booklet for homework. tree →
• The museum gave us a free booklet about the dinosaurs. tree →

Note

Countable: a booklet, booklets. "-let" means small, as in "piglet" and "droplet", so a booklet is a small book.

In Jewish tradition

At school pupils get exam booklets, reading booklets and maths booklets; in everyday life there are instruction booklets, travel booklets and safety booklets. Phrases: "answer booklet", "instruction booklet", "information booklet".

Examples

• Although the title page bears the date of 1914, the author did not receive the copies of this thesis from German)-, where the booklet was printed, until August 1921, on account of the war. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Countable: a booklet, booklets. "-let" means small, as in "piglet" and "droplet", so a booklet is a small book.