The noun novel has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (17) novel -- (a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)
2. 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")
Overview of adj novel
The adj novel has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) fresh, new, novel -- (original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem")
2. novel, refreshing -- (pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort")