bookshop
noun (a bookshop, bookshops); US usually bookstore
Everyday
A shop that sells books. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ: «a bookshop»; in the USA and Canada usually «bookstore». In maths problems, a bookshop often sells books at prices to add up.
Examples
- We bought a new atlas at the bookshop. tree →
- The bookshop on the corner has a reading corner for kids. tree →
- She works in a second-hand bookshop. tree →
- The bookshop sold 30 books on Saturday. tree →
- Let's look for comics in the bookshop. tree →
- The school had a pop-up bookshop for a week. tree →
Note
One word. Not the same as a library: in a bookshop you buy books; in a library you borrow them free. US: bookstore.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «bookshop» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bookshop» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookshop/