airport book
airport book noun: a book to be read in one sitting, especially during plane travel.
Noun
airport book (plural airport books)
- A book to be read in one sitting, especially during plane travel.
- Modern readers recognize the quiet, lone hours spent by Henry James’s character Isabel Archer, that immersive reading experienced not only by devotees of James but by escapist fans of the genre known as “airport books.”2010 August 13, Robert Pinsky, “Start the Presses”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Thirdly, this book is aimed at educated non-specialists. It is harder to read than an airport book, but at the same time far more rewarding.2013, P.-M. Binder, K. Smith, editors, The Language Phenomenon, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 235
- Synonyms:
- airport novel
Synonyms of airport book
Forms of airport book
| plural | airport books |
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Origin of airport book
From the buying of such books directly from airports.
Questions about airport book
- What does airport book mean?
- Airport book means a book to be read in one sitting, especially during plane travel.
- What part of speech is airport book?
- Airport book is a noun.
- What is the plural of airport book?
- The plural of airport book is airport books.
Words near airport book in the dictionary
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