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n. (communication) | 1. novel | an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. |
| ~ fiction | a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. |
| ~ detective novel, mystery novel | novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end. |
| ~ dime novel, penny dreadful | a melodramatic paperback novel. |
| ~ novelette, novella | a short novel. |
| ~ roman a clef | a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters. |
| ~ romance | a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life. |
| ~ roman fleuve | a French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group. |
n. (artifact) | 2. novel | a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction.; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels" |
| ~ book, volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together.; "he used a large book as a doorstop" |
adj. | 3. fresh, new, novel | original and of a kind not seen before.; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" |
| ~ original | being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of.; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" |
adj. | 4. novel, refreshing | pleasantly new or different.; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" |
| ~ new | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered.; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
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