bookhouse

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English

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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