novel
🇺🇸
/ˈnɑːvl/
🇬🇧
/ˈnɒvl/
a long story book with made-up people and events
I read a novel about a family's adventures in a new country.
the kind of writing that novels are
Writing a novel takes a lot of time and imagination.
new and different from what is usual
She had a novel idea for the school project.