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bookmatch

bookmatch verb: to match (adjoining wood or stone surfaces) so that they mirror each other, creating the impression of an opened book.

Verb

bookmatch (third-person singular simple present bookmatches, present participle bookmatching, simple past and past participle bookmatched)

  1. (transitive) To match (adjoining wood or stone surfaces) so that they mirror each other, creating the impression of an opened book.

Forms of bookmatch

third-person singular presentbookmatches
present participlebookmatching
past participlebookmatched
pastbookmatched
alternative formbook-match

Origin of bookmatch

From book + match.

Questions about bookmatch

What does bookmatch mean?
Bookmatch means to match (adjoining wood or stone surfaces) so that they mirror each other, creating the impression of an opened book.
What part of speech is bookmatch?
Bookmatch is a verb.
What is the past tense of bookmatch?
The past tense of bookmatch is bookmatched.

Words near bookmatch in the dictionary

  1. bookmarkers
  2. bookmarking
  3. bookmarklet
  4. bookmarklets
  5. bookmarks
  6. bookmatch
  7. bookmatched
  8. bookmatches
  9. bookmatching
  10. bookmate
  11. bookmates

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