bookhouse

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From book +‎ house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”) (which became Middle English bochous (“library”), but then died out).

Noun[edit]

bookhouse (plural bookhouses)

  1. a repository for books, library; store of books
    Hyponyms: library, bookstore
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