[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

content \con"tent\ ko^n"te^nt or ko^nte^nt"; 277, n.;
   usually in pl., contents.
   1. that which is contained; the thing or things held by a
      receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the
      contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a
      book.
      1913 webster

            i shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and
            the contents true, and worthy of a divine original.
                                                  --grew.
      1913 webster

   2. power of containing; capacity; extent; size. obs.
      1913 webster

            strong ship's, of great content.      --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. geom. area or quantity of space or matter contained
      within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial
      contents.
      1913 webster

            the geometrical content, figure, and situation of
            all the lands of a kingdom.           --graunt.
      1913 webster

   table of contents, or contents, a table or list of topics
      in a book, showing their order and the place where they
      may be found: a summary.
      1913 webster
see also:
contents table of contents 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

contents \contents\ ? or ?; 277, n. pl.
   see content, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
content 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

contents
     n : a list of divisions chapters or articles and the pages on
         which they start syn: table of contents
see also:
table of contents 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

66 moby thesaurus words for "contents":
   acknowledgments, adjunct, appurtenance, aspect, back, back matter,
   bastard title, bibliography, card index, catch line, catchword,
   chart, circumstance, colophon, component, constituent,
   contents page, copyright page, dedication, detail, element,
   endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, factor, feature, fixings,
   flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, half-title page,
   head, imprint, index, ingredient, inscription, integrant,
   introduction, item, leaf, makeup, makings, page, part,
   part and parcel, preface, preliminaries, recto, reverso,
   running title, signature, specialty, subtitle, table,
   table of contents, tail, text, thumb index, title, title page,
   trim size, type page, verso

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