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book-cloth

book-cloth noun: any type of woven fabric prepared for use in covering books.

Noun

book-cloth (countable and uncountable, plural book-cloths)

  1. Any type of woven fabric prepared for use in covering books.

Forms of book-cloth

pluralbook-cloths
alternative formbookcloth

Origin of book-cloth

From book + cloth.

Questions about book-cloth

What does book-cloth mean?
Book-cloth means any type of woven fabric prepared for use in covering books.
What part of speech is book-cloth?
Book-cloth is a noun.
What is the plural of book-cloth?
The plural of book-cloth is book-cloths.

Words near book-cloth in the dictionary

  1. book-burners
  2. book-burning
  3. book-burnings
  4. book-case
  5. book-cases
  6. book-cloth
  7. book-cloths
  8. book-crab
  9. book-crabs
  10. book-debt
  11. book-debts

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