Meaning & use
novel
A long fictional narrative, typically published as a book with a sustained plot.
See it in a sentence
She spent the entire summer quietly writing her very first novel.
The professor assigned a nineteenth-century novel for the semester's final essay.
A note on using this word
"Novel" is also an adjective meaning new and unusual, a completely different sense from the noun meaning a long fictional book.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
New, original, or unusual in a way that attracts interest.
The scientists proposed a novel method for recycling plastic waste.
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