Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A documentary, memorial, or historical book published every year, containing information about the previous year.
  • noun A usually bound publication compiled by the graduating class of a school or college, recording the year's events and typically containing photographs of students and faculty.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A book giving facts about the year, its chief seasons, festivals, dates, etc., or other kindred subjects: as, Hone's Year-Book.
  • noun A book published every year, every annual issue containing new or additional information; a work published annually and intended to supply fresh information on matters in regard to which changes are continually taking place: as, a parish yearbook.
  • noun One of a number of books containing chronological reports of early cases adjudged or argued in the courts of England.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book.
  • noun (Eng. Law) A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a reference book, published annually
  • noun US A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a reference book that is published regularly once every year
  • noun a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From year +‎ book. Compare West Frisian jierboek ("yearbook"), Dutch jaarboek ("yearbook"), German Jahrbuch ("yearbook"), Swedish årsbok ("yearbook"), Faroese árbók ("annal, record").

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Examples

  • This is the 1942 yearbook from the Temple University School of Medicine.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Each year, our yearbook is distributed free of charge to libraries across Canada and is an extremely valuable reference source.

    80th Anniversary Tea 1984

  • His yearbook is torn and faded, and most of the 13 classmates who signed it have died.

    Remains Returned List WWII 1954

  • His yearbook is torn and faded, and most of the 13 classmates who signed it have died.

    Remains Returned List WWII 1954

  • His yearbook is torn and faded, and most of the 13 classmates who signed it have died.

    Remains Returned List WWII 1954

  • His yearbook is torn and faded, and most of the 13 classmates who signed it have died.

    Remains Returned List WWII 1954

  • He checked his high-school yearbooks for pictures that might show the car's license plate and called the yearbook photographer, with no luck.

    The Car That Got Away 2008

  • What convinces you that the same person who wrote that inscription in the yearbook is the same person who wrote the ransom note?

    CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2006 2006

  • The only students who received their full name in the yearbook were the seniors,

    Dr. Adriane Ivey 1836

  • With these guidelines, I don't think there's anything terribly embarrassing, unless you count my high school yearbook, which is around here somewhere.

    Apartment Therapy Main Sarah Rainwater 2010

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