bookstore

[ book-stawr, -stohr ]

noun

1. a store where books are sold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookstore¹

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; book + store

Example Sentences

What it did not resemble was any other bookstore in the nation.

From The Daily Beast

The bookstore was opened as a way of presenting Italian books and culture to Manhattanites.

From The Daily Beast

The Rizzoli in New York City was no ordinary bookstore in its seventies heyday.

From The Daily Beast

Anti-Korean publications are sold at every bookstore in Japan.

From The Daily Beast

But now I see them as the giant vampire squid, the enemy of the independent bookstore.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Johnson, the bookstore man, sold more Bibles the next month after the revival than he had in the whole previous year.

From Project Gutenberg

Tempted into Gaine's bookstore by the display of volumes, he chanced upon a friend who called him by name.

From Project Gutenberg

Bakka is the oldest science fiction bookstore in the world, and it made me the mutant I am today.

From Project Gutenberg

Powell's is the largest bookstore in the world, an endless, multi-storey universe of papery smells and towering shelves.

From Project Gutenberg

They have tons of events for kids and one of the most inviting atmospheres I've ever experienced at a bookstore.

From Project Gutenberg