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bookstore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbʊkstɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From book + store.

Meanings

  1. A store where books are bought and sold.
    • [Editor David W. Blight said:] In 1795, after producing his own geography textbook, modeled on Jedidiah Morse’s famous Geography (1784), Bingham resigned as a teacher in the Boston schools, opened a bookstore on Cornhill Street in Boston, and devoted himself to producing schoolbooks. 1997 [1797], David W. Blight, “Editor's Introduction: The Peculiar Dialogue Between Caleb Bingham and Frederick Douglass”, in Caleb Bingham, edited by David W. Blight, The Columbian Orator, Bicentennial Edition (1997 republishing), New York University Press, →ISBN:
  2. (Philippines) A stationery store.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
book store alternative lexicographic
bookstores Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

used bookstore · adult bookstore · e-bookstore · bookstorekeeper

Synonyms

bookshop