noun

1. a bound or loose-leaf book with blank pages for mounting pictures, stamps, etc., or for collecting autographs
2. 1. a booklike holder for phonograph records played at 78 revolutions per minute
   2. a set of records in such a holder
3. one or more LPs, compact discs, tape recordings, etc. packaged in a holder and containing a group of related works or a single long work, as of music or drama
4. an anthology, picture book, or the like

Etymology: L, neut. of albus, white: see elf