bookstand
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- noun
- /ˈbʊkˌstænd/
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expositor de libros
- At the festival, we found a large bookstand filled with amazing titles from various genres.
Examples
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Another innovation by the carvers is the miniaturizing of bookstands, which in their original size are used in churches to support the large parchment Bibles from which priests or deacons read during a service.
Academic text (2009) -
But readers may reasonably conclude that his name is unlikely to grace the bylines of Titbits, as he might have hoped, or appear on a cheap novel for sale at a Dublin bookstand.
Academic text (2017) -
But what about Haunted Guesthouse #4, which will hit the bookstands only a little over three months after the event?
Blog text (1) -
In the shade of elms and locusts, a few youngsters were reading picture stories they rented from a bookstand.
Fiction book (1995) -
After walking around the mini-mart for a while, and armed with the usual kid fare of soda pop and candy, I drifted over to the bookstand.
Blog text (18) -
I stopped at the local bookstand to browse for new novels before heading home.
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The marketplace features a bookstand where vendors display their latest releases.
Synonyms
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2.5
A piece of furniture that holds or shows things
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1.0
A shop that sells books to the public
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1.0
A small booth at a market where people sell goods
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1.0
A shop that sells books
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A small shop that sells books often in train stations or markets
A small temporary stall where people sell goods at markets or fairs
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Etymology
Bookstand is a simple compound of book ('book') and stand ('small table or stall'), so it names a stall or table where books are sold or shown.