Definition of "facebook"

facebook

/ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/

noun
plural facebooks
1. A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names.
  Quotations
  He had gotten the call from the casino-a client who had recognized them from the facebook-and had flown down to the Bahamas to teach them a lesson.
  2002, Ben Mezrich, Bringing Down the House
2. A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.
  Quotations
  In the last month, since he’d embarked on projects like digitally scanning Melissa Paquette’s face from a freshman facebook and suturing her head to obscene downloaded images and tinkering with these images pixel by pixel (and the hours did fly by when you were tinkering with pixels), he’d read no books at all.
  2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
  Kevin was surprised to see his own face on the card. It was an authentic California ID under the name Oliver Chen. "Where'd you get the picture?" Kevin asked. "Your MIT facebook."
  2002, Ben Mezrich, Bringing Down the House
  There is no interests section in the facebook. You know why? No one wants to flip through a book to find out which girls play chess.
  2003, Steve Hofstetter, Student Body Shots: A Sarcastic Look at the Best 4-6 Years of Your Life
verb
third-person singular simple present facebooks, present participle facebooking, simple past and past participle facebooked
1. Alternative form of Facebook