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bookflap

bookflap noun: the inner part of a book jacket wrapping around a book cover.

Noun

bookflap (plural bookflaps)

  1. The inner part of a book jacket wrapping around a book cover.
    • The result is an interesting and honest book: certainly not the "future classic" advertised on the bookflap, but a thought-provoking contribution nonetheless.2003, Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, Volumes 5-7

Forms of bookflap

pluralbookflaps
alternative formbook flap

Origin of bookflap

From book + flap.

Questions about bookflap

What does bookflap mean?
Bookflap means the inner part of a book jacket wrapping around a book cover.
What part of speech is bookflap?
Bookflap is a noun.
What is the plural of bookflap?
The plural of bookflap is bookflaps.

Words near bookflap in the dictionary

  1. bookey
  2. bookfair
  3. bookfairs
  4. bookfell
  5. bookfells
  6. bookflap
  7. bookflaps
  8. bookfluencer
  9. bookfluencers
  10. bookful
  11. bookfuls

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