1. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
e.g. he used a large book as a doorstop
Synonym: book
2. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
e.g. the kids played their music at full volume
Synonym: loudnessintensity
3. the property of something that is great in magnitude
e.g. it is cheaper to buy it in bulkhe received a mass of correspondencethe volume of exports
Synonym: bulkmass
4. a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
e.g. the third volume was missinghe asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
5. the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
e.g. the gas expanded to twice its original volume
6. a relative amount
e.g. mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water