What is the meaning of contents?

noun

• Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.
  • usage: "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
  • synonyms: content
• What a communication that is about something is about.
  • synonyms: message, content, subject matter, substance
• The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc..
  • synonyms: content
• The amount that can be contained.
  • usage: "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
  • synonyms: capacity, content
• The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned.
  • synonyms: content, cognitive content, mental object
• The state of being contented with your situation in life.
  • usage: "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
  • synonyms: contentedness, content
• Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.
  • usage: "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
  • synonyms: subject, content, depicted object
• A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start.
  • synonyms: table of contents

verb

• Satisfy in a limited way.
  • usage: "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
  • synonyms: content
• Make content.
  • usage: "I am contented"
  • synonyms: content