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noun
A repository for books; a library; a store of books.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: library, bookstore
History
From book + house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”), whence Middle English bochous (“library”), which had eventually fallen into disuse.
