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bookchest

bookchest noun: a chest for the storage of books.

Noun

bookchest (plural bookchests)

  1. A chest for the storage of books.
    • Bookchests will be ready for distribution on the 4th Saturday of September and January. Books sent to the respective Circles are charged to the officers.1903, New Jersey. State Board of Education, Annual Report, page 52
    • He composed hymns, read holy works, and carried his bookchests wherever he went.2013, Nancy Marie Brown, The Abacus and the Cross, page 206

Forms of bookchest

pluralbookchests

Origin of bookchest

From book + chest.

Questions about bookchest

What does bookchest mean?
Bookchest means a chest for the storage of books.
What part of speech is bookchest?
Bookchest is a noun.
What is the plural of bookchest?
The plural of bookchest is bookchests.

Words near bookchest in the dictionary

  1. bookcase
  2. bookcased
  3. bookcases
  4. bookception
  5. bookceptions
  6. bookchest
  7. bookchests
  8. Bookchin
  9. Bookchinian
  10. Bookchinism
  11. Bookchinist

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