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/ˈbʊkhaʊs/ · book.house
noun
- A building or structure designed to store and display books, often serving as a library or archive. The old bookhouse on the hill was a treasure trove of rare and ancient volumes.
noun
- A person who collects and preserves books, often in a dedicated space or room. She was known as the bookhouse of the neighborhood, with shelves upon shelves of novels and poetry.
verb
- To store or display books in a bookhouse or other dedicated space. The curator spent hours bookhousing the rare manuscripts in the museum's new wing.
Did you know? The term 'bookhouse' has been used to describe the personal library of famous authors, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, who built a bookhouse in his garden to store his extensive collection of books and manuscripts.