novel

5 definitions • 10 examples

a long printed story about imaginary characters and events:

a paperback novel

historical/romantic novels

Have you read any of Jane Austen's novels?

His latest novel is selling really well.

new and original, not like anything seen before:

a novel idea/suggestion

Keeping a sheep in the garden is a novel way of keeping the grass short!

used to refer to a new strain (= type) of a virus that has not been seen before:

The COVID-19 pathogen is a novel coronavirus.

A novel virus in swine is closely related to the human hepatitis E virus.

a long, printed story about imaginary characters and events:

literary/romance novels

new and original; not like anything seen before:

a novel idea/suggestion