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bookrack

American  
[book-rak] / ˈbʊkˌræk /

noun

  1. a support for an open book.

  2. a rack for holding books.


Etymology

Origin of bookrack

First recorded in 1880–85; book + rack 1

Example Sentences

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Youth pays, not only at the bookrack but also at the movies, in which form Zero will appear in November.

From Time Magazine Archive

And after class, I walked to the bookrack and made a show of dropping a note in that other bag.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

At the back of Mrs. Bradley’s room stood a wire bookrack.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

It hung with the rest of ours on the spinning bookrack.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

When the stool was completed he was preparing for a more ambitious enterprise, a thing he longed yet hesitated to venture upon—a wooden bookrack for Mr. Croyden.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware

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