Main entry: novel
Definition: a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
Usage: his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels; he burned all the novels
Main entry: novel
Definition: an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Main entry: novel, refreshing
Definition: pleasantly new or different
Usage: common sense of a most refreshing sort
Definition: original and of a kind not seen before
Usage: the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem