picture book
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of picture book
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Cerebras focuses on a product known as the Wafer-Scale Engine: a square silicon chip that is far bigger than most modern AI processors at roughly the size of a children’s picture book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
I download the Good Inside app on pub day for Dr. Becky’s new picture book Leave Me Alone!:
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
This is the barest minimum required when reading a picture book to children.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
It features celebrities and other well-known personalities reading a short picture book before wishing the audience a good night.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Scarlett was carrying a large picture book, and she sat next to her mother on the green bench near the gates, and she read her book while her mother inspected an educational supplement.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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