bookhouse

English

Etymology

From book +‎ house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”) (which became Middle English bochous (“library”), but then died out).

Noun

bookhouse (plural bookhouses)

  1. a repository for books, library; store of books
    Hyponyms: library, bookstore
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