1. (

• novel

) an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story ;

2. (

• novel

) a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels" ;

1. (

• fresh ,
• new ,
• novel

) original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" ;

2. (

• novel ,
• refreshing

) pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" ;