album
album Lexical Profile
album Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A collection of musical recordings issued as a single item on CD, vinyl record, cassette, or digital format.
"The band spent six months in the studio recording their highly anticipated debut album."
A blank book designed for the insertion and preservation of photographs, stamps, autographs, or other collectible items.
"She flipped through the dusty photo album, reminiscing about her childhood vacations."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Latin 'album' meaning 'a blank white tablet' (used for public edicts), the neuter form of 'albus' (white). The term evolved in English to describe a blank book for collecting items like photographs or stamps, and by the mid-20th century, it was applied to a collection of musical recordings originally housed in book-like sleeves.
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