pop-up book
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈpɑːpˌʌp bʊk/
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libro pop-up
- The pop-up book featured a magical forest that sprang to life with 3D animals.
- a child's pop-up book
Examples
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Pop-up books are often in personal adult collections.
Academic text (2012) -
On the tablet was a pop-up book of the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, which looked like this:
Blog text (6) -
I knew there was something special about that pop-up book.
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Oh, it was written on the last page of the pop-up book.
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We'll take that pop-up book as well.
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The great thing is, it's a pop-up book.
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But instead of her treasure, all he found was one of her pop-up books.
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Pop-up books are engaging, especially when moving parts are included, as they are in this one.
Blog text (14) -
I've got my eye on an old pop-up book of London.
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It's a pop-up book.
Synonyms
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3.7
A book with pages that fold up into small paper scenes
How Interactive
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2.5
- Baby Talk
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
pop-up + book
The compound is directly compositional: 'pop-up' denotes something that "pops up" and when combined with 'book' it denotes a book with elements that pop up. This is a common, productively formed adjective+noun construction (and mirrored in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pop-up book comes from the surprise inside the pages: when you open a page, folded paper pieces can pop up and stand up from the page like a little paper toy. That's why the name describes a book whose pictures rise into a small 'pop up' scene.