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bookhoard

bookhoard noun: collection of books, library.

Noun

bookhoard (plural bookhoards)

  1. (rare) collection of books, library
    • BOC HORDE. Sax. [quasi bookhoard.] / A place where books, writing or evidences were kept.1850, Alexander M. Burrill, A New Law Dictionary and Glossary (Law), John S. Voorhies, page 153
    • BOCHORD is, as it were, bookhoard, or a hoard for books, that is, a place where books, writings or evidences are kept.1876, Herbert Newman Mozley, George Crispe Whiteley, A Concise Law Dictionary, Digitized edition, Butterworths, page 48

Forms of bookhoard

pluralbookhoards
alternative formbook-hoard

Origin of bookhoard

Calque of Old English bōchord (“library, collection of books”), equivalent to book + hoard.

Questions about bookhoard

What does bookhoard mean?
Bookhoard means collection of books, library.
What part of speech is bookhoard?
Bookhoard is a noun.
What is the plural of bookhoard?
The plural of bookhoard is bookhoards.

Words near bookhoard in the dictionary

  1. bookfluencer
  2. bookfluencers
  3. bookful
  4. bookfuls
  5. Bookham
  6. bookhoard
  7. bookhoards
  8. bookholder
  9. bookholders
  10. bookhood
  11. bookhound

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