All 3 Uses of
novel
in
1984 by Orwell
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Presumably — since he had sometimes seen her with oily hands and carrying a spanner she had some mechanical job on one of the novel-writing machines.†
p. 10..1
- How I hate women!' she said parenthetically), and she worked, as he had guessed, on the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department.†
p. 130..0 *
- She could describe the whole process of composing a novel, from the general directive issued by the Planning Committee down to the final touching-up by the Rewrite Squad.†
p. 130..2
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, novel is used as a noun to refer to work of fiction that is published as a book. In the form novelty, the word can refer to an inexpensive, mass-produced item of interest such as a toy, trinket, or item given away to advertise.