storybook

[ stawr-ee-boo k, stohr- ]

/ ˈstɔr iˌbʊk, ˈstoʊr- /

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noun

a book that contains a story or stories, especially for children.

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Nearby words

story, story arc, story line, story of my life, the, storyboard, storybook, storyteller, storytelling, storyville, storywriter, stoss

Origin of storybook

First recorded in 1705–15; story¹ + book

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Examples from the Web for storybook

It would be a storybook ending to one of the ugliest chapters in history of American sports ownership.
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Once you drop the storybook image of a patriarch sitting on his throne above the clouds, room is made for a different story.
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Their "storybook marriage" had chapters that included MS and cancer.
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Nesconset, N.Y., in a suburban neighborhood called the Storybook Development.
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Anthony Zuiker is 43 years old and has had the kind of storybook career that most aspiring TV writers dream about.
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Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?
The Turn of the Screw|Henry James
"I have a vague, delightful feeling that I am the good angel in a storybook," she said.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901|Lucy Maud Montgomery
None of your storybook writers will ever make as good a book as this, I warrant me.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby|Charles Dickens
The world is a storybook to a lad of nine, and the thought of Charlestown filled me with a delight unspeakable.
The Crossing|Winston Churchill
With her gleaming hair and violet eyes, she was entirely their ideal of a storybook heroine.
Just Patty|Jean Webster

British Dictionary definitions for storybook

storybook

/ (ˈstɔːrɪˌbʊk) /

noun

a book containing stories, esp for children

adjective

unreal or fantastica storybook world

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