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bookjacket

bookjacket noun: the jacket of a book.

Noun

bookjacket (plural bookjackets)

  1. The jacket of a book.
    • Under certain circumstances and because of the method of application, lamination of all but the flaps of a bookjacket can prove more costly...1965, The Bookseller: The Organ of the Book Trade

Synonyms of bookjacket

Forms of bookjacket

pluralbookjackets
alternative formbook
alternative formjacket

Origin of bookjacket

From book + jacket.

Questions about bookjacket

What does bookjacket mean?
Bookjacket means the jacket of a book.
What part of speech is bookjacket?
Bookjacket is a noun.
What is the plural of bookjacket?
The plural of bookjacket is bookjackets.

Words near bookjacket in the dictionary

  1. bookishness
  2. bookism
  3. bookisms
  4. bookist
  5. bookists
  6. bookjacket
  7. bookjackets
  8. bookkeep
  9. bookkeeper
  10. bookkeeperess
  11. bookkeeperesses

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