book club
book club noun: a group of people who meet to discuss the books they have been reading.
Noun
book club (plural book clubs)
- A group of people who meet to discuss the books they have been reading.
- Perhaps it helped that many of the Founding Fathers – think of it as a powdered-wig book club – were reading some of the same 17th and 18th century European philosophers of the Enlightenment, writers such as John Locke, Voltaire, and Montesquieu, who praised scientific advances, and preached that...2026 May 9, Scott Baldauf, Colette Davidson, Whitney Eulich, “America at 250: A declaration of ideals reset the world – and still resonates today”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston...
- Synonyms:
- reading group, book group, book discussion group, book society
- A commercial organization offering subscribers a selection of books from a catalogue.
- Synonyms:
- book sales club
Synonyms of book club
Forms of book club
| plural | book clubs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bookclub |
Questions about book club
- What does book club mean?
- Book club means a group of people who meet to discuss the books they have been reading.
- What part of speech is book club?
- Book club is a noun.
- What is the plural of book club?
- The plural of book club is book clubs.
Words near book club in the dictionary
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