storybook

[ stawr-ee-book ]

/ ˈstɔr iˌbʊk /

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noun

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

adjective

idealized, romantic, or picturesque, as if from a book of stories: She lives in a storybook cottage on an island off the coast of Maine.

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Origin of storybook

First recorded in 1705–15; story¹ + book

Words nearby storybook

Storrs, Storting, story, story arc, storyboard, storybook, storyline, storyteller, storytelling, Storyville, storywriter

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How to use storybook in a sentence

It’s the storybook combo that draws young and old alike to the works of Hans Christen Anderson, the Brothers Grimm, and the 1001 Arabian Nights.
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Seahorses seem to have evolved not entirely in the ocean, but also by way of a whimsical storybook, in which animal body parts are all mixed up.
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Never again would she take for granted anything about their storybook marriage or his presidency.
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It was as storybook a rookie season as you could draw up, particularly considering where the expectations were set going into it.
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It wasn’t exactly a storybook finish to Sunday’s game at Minnesota for the Panthers.
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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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She was the victim of the pretty and glossy storybook, the sentimental play, and of a light education.
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If you could get your grandfather or your grandmother to tell you of this visit, it would be as interesting as a storybook.
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Under this head we have suggested several books which belong to the "storybook" order.
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The romance in the old storybook always ended blissfully in marriage.
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He was thinking that it was quite a storybook coincidence that they should have come together, those two letters.
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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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