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BUKSH-op/ˈbʊkʃɒp/

A bookshop is a shop that sells books (UK; US bookstore). A library lends books; a newsagent sells papers and magazines. High streets: the independent bookshop still takes cash.

Meaning

A shop that sells books (UK; US bookstore).

Examples

• “The independent bookshop on the high street still takes cash.”
• “A college bookshop is not the library issue desk.”

Good to know

a bookshop (UK). US: a bookstore. Contrast: a library. High street / campus. Countable shops.

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