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bookmobile

American  
[book-muh-beel, -moh-] / ˈbʊk məˌbil, -moʊ- /

noun

  1. an automobile, small truck, or trailer constructed to carry books and serve as a traveling library, as for communities where libraries are not accessible.


bookmobile British  
/ ˈbʊkməˌbiːl /

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): mobile library.  a vehicle providing lending library facilities

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bookmobile

First recorded in 1935–40; book + -mobile

Example Sentences

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Speakers at Saturday’s ceremony said the bookmobile concept is not new for Yakima County.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

A visit inside the bookmobile Saturday revealed bookshelves on both sides of the interior, with children’s books in English and Spanish on the lower shelves and adult-oriented books on the higher shelves.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

It was a familiar voice that coaxed Kimberly Conti to step out, barefoot, from the back of the hulking former bookmobile parked in an industrial corner of Lincoln Heights.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021

On icy roads, we chugged slowly up hills of snow, holding our breaths that we would make it in the old creaky bookmobile.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

On the bookmobile ride back to the Olympia Village motel, Kyle realized that, at the end of the fourth day and eighth game, there were only two days and four games left.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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