book of maps
- noun
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atlas
- The book of maps includes detailed city layouts.
Examples
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The library has an old book of maps from the eighteenth century.
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I bought a book of maps for my trip.
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He always keeps a book of maps in his car for road trips.
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We used a book of maps to find our way through the mountains.
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The teacher provided each student with a book of maps to help them learn about different countries.
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During our road trip, we relied on a book of maps to navigate to various state parks.
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In the library, I found an old book of maps that detailed the geography of the region over a century ago.
Synonyms
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2.7
A book of maps that shows countries, cities, and seas
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3.0
A group of maps kept together, often in a book
How Comprehensive
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a book containing maps' is directly and compositionally derived from 'book' (a bound set of pages) + 'of' (marking content/partitive) + 'maps' (charts). This noun + of + noun pattern indicating container or content is cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'libro de mapas', 'livre de cartes'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Book of maps comes from the literal idea of a book full of maps that travelers used to plan trips and find places. So it simply means 'a book containing maps'.