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bookhouse

/ˈbʊkˌhaʊs/

bookhouse noun: a repository for books; a library; a store of books.

Noun

bookhouse (plural bookhouses)

  1. A repository for books; a library; a store of books.
    • It is ordered by this Court that Mr. Chamblen shall pay and disburse unto Sir John Jolles Knight and Alderman the [sum] of [£200], to be by them expended towards the preparing of free stone for the and beautifiing of A new Councell Chamber and bookhouse.1886 [1613 October 28], John Edward Price, Guildhall of the City of London: History and Associations. Compiled from Original Documents, with Fac-Simile Charters, and Other Illustrations, London...
    • The overall mode of the bookhouses is the same as for the rest of the house: a Free-Style Classicism based on wood construction.1985 September 15, Charles Jencks, Towards a Symbolic Architecture, New York: Rizzoli, →ISBN, page 177

Examples of bookhouse in a sentence

  • There were bookhouses, along with stinktanks where you could drink up and listen to awful poetry about extinct animals.2016 July 12, Charlie Jane Anders et al., “I FELT LIKE I HAD ALWAYS BEEN WRONG HEADED” (chapter 2), in Jonathan Strahan, editor, Drowned...
  • If he heard about this, I have no idea what he'd do to you, and that's before he forbade you to ever set foot in the bookhouse again." It was one of the few times he'd seen the Sage angry.2024 September 21, Dorothy Winsor, “Chapter 15”, in Dragoncraft, United Kingdom: Inspired Quill, →ISBN, page 86:

Forms of bookhouse

pluralbookhouses

Origin of bookhouse

From book + house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”), whence Middle English bochous (“library”), which had eventually fallen into disuse.

Questions about bookhouse

What does bookhouse mean?
Bookhouse means a repository for books; a library; a store of books.
How do you use bookhouse in a sentence?
There were bookhouses, along with stinktanks where you could drink up and listen to awful poetry about extinct animals.
What part of speech is bookhouse?
Bookhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce bookhouse?
Bookhouse is pronounced /ˈbʊkˌhaʊs/.
What is the plural of bookhouse?
The plural of bookhouse is bookhouses.

Words near bookhouse in the dictionary

  1. bookholder
  2. bookholders
  3. bookhood
  4. bookhound
  5. bookhounds
  6. bookhouse
  7. bookhouses
  8. bookhunter
  9. bookhunters
  10. bookie
  11. bookier

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