book cloth
- noun
- /bʊk klɔθ/
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tela para libros
- The rare edition was bound in a beautiful red book cloth with gold lettering.
Examples
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The artisan applied the book cloth smoothly over the cardboard cover.
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Many libraries choose durable book cloth to protect their most frequently borrowed volumes.
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The book cloth feels soft to the touch.
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She chose a bright red book cloth for her new journal.
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Many libraries choose durable book cloth to protect their most frequently borrowed volumes.
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The artisan applied the book cloth smoothly over the cardboard cover.
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The rare edition was bound in a beautiful red book cloth with gold lettering.
Synonyms
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Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibers used for clothes and curtains
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A piece of material made by joining threads together and used for making clothes or for cleaning
A cloth used to cover and protect books
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Morphology
The meaning 'a fabric used to cover and bind books' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'book' (what the fabric is for) with 'cloth' (a fabric), following a common noun+noun compounding pattern. This compositional structure is frequent cross-linguistically and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase book cloth comes from the simple idea of a book wearing a piece of cloth like a coat to protect it. So it means 'a strong woven fabric used to cover and bind books'.