bookshopnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊk.ʃɒp/us/ˈbʊk.ʃɑːp/mainly UK US usually bookstore,A2 a shop or website where books are sold
Examples
- I work three mornings a week at the bookshop.
- Which bookshop has the largest selection of EFL materials?
- The new edition is now available in all major bookshops.
- She has built up a chain of 180 bookshops across the country.
- There are several good bookshops in town where I'm sure you could buy a world atlas.
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Shops & auctions
- army disposals store
- army surplus store
- army-navy store
- art gallery
- auction
- discount store
- discount warehouse
- druggist
- drugstore
- duty-free
- milk bar
- newsagent
- newsstand
- off-licence
- offie
- swap meet
- sweet shop
- tabletop sale
- tag sale
- thrift store
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Examples from literature
- Books may then be ordered through your local bookshop.
- Browse second-hand bookshops in your area.
- I also look around second-hand bookshops.
- The other day, in company with two like-minded innocents, we visited a bookshop on John Street where we found three battered copies of this great book, and each bought one, with shouts of joy.
- We descended in force on the bookshop and grabbed every copy in stock.
- Yet he loved books, and he would loiter about bookshops, pricing first editions, and talking poetry to the patrons.