Usually means: New, original content in prose.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word novel:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. novel: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. novel, novel, the novel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. novel, novel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. novel, the novel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. novel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Novel, novel: Wordnik
  7. novel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. novel: Wiktionary
  9. novel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. novel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. novel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. novel: Dictionary.com
  13. novel (adj.), novel (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. novel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Novel (Roman law), Novel (disambiguation), Novel (film), Novel (musician), Novel, The Novel (novel), The Novel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Novel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. novel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. novel: Rhymezone
  19. novel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. novel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. novel: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. novel: Free Dictionary
  23. novel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. novel: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. novel: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Novel: Literary Terms

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. The novel, novel: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The novel, novel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NOVEL: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. novel: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See novelistic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
adjective:  Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
noun:  A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
noun:  (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
noun:  (obsolete) A novelty; something new.
noun:  (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

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