1. (noun)novel an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
2. (noun)novel a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"
3. (adj)fresh, new, novel original and of a kind not seen before "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
4. (adj)novel, refreshing pleasantly new or different "common sense of a most refreshing sort"