book prop
book prop noun: a large, wooden support structure used to support an oversized book, usually found in a library.
Noun
book prop (plural book props)
- A large, wooden support structure used to support an oversized book, usually found in a library.
- The arm-chair by the fireplace; the knee-hole writing-table beside it; the sofa near the recess of a large bay-window, with book-prop and candlestick screwed to its back;1862, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, A Strange Story, Volume 1, page 214
Forms of book prop
| plural | book props |
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Questions about book prop
- What does book prop mean?
- Book prop means a large, wooden support structure used to support an oversized book, usually found in a library.
- What part of speech is book prop?
- Book prop is a noun.
- What is the plural of book prop?
- The plural of book prop is book props.
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