bookstore
noun
book·store ˈbu̇k-ˌstȯr 
: a place of business where books are the main item offered for sale
called also bookshop
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The novelist Louise Erdrich, who owns a bookstore in Minneapolis, is a repeat visitor. 
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 There is a tiny Powell’s bookstore tucked away in the town of Condon. oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022 Father Patrick Boyle talks with a family in the bookstore and gift shop at the former Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity in Huntsville in 2017. The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 The $20 million renovation of a building that opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and became Randall Junior High School in 1927 features 32,000 square feet of galleries, a bookstore and cafe. Peggy Mcglone, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 In fact, Adanne met her long-term boyfriend in high school waiting outside a bookstore to buy a hardcover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2022 The bobbleheads are only available in the online store and later also in the university’s bookstore. Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 The rainbow crosswalks are located at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta's midtown community, in front of the site of the city's first LGBTQ+ bookstore. Devon M. Sayers And Alta Spells, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 This 3,000-square-foot space is home to a bookstore and cafe as well as a podcast studio and event space that are free for community use. Lane Florsheim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 See More
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 There is a tiny Powell’s bookstore tucked away in the town of Condon. oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022 Father Patrick Boyle talks with a family in the bookstore and gift shop at the former Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity in Huntsville in 2017. The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 The $20 million renovation of a building that opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and became Randall Junior High School in 1927 features 32,000 square feet of galleries, a bookstore and cafe. Peggy Mcglone, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 In fact, Adanne met her long-term boyfriend in high school waiting outside a bookstore to buy a hardcover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2022 The bobbleheads are only available in the online store and later also in the university’s bookstore. Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 The rainbow crosswalks are located at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta's midtown community, in front of the site of the city's first LGBTQ+ bookstore. Devon M. Sayers And Alta Spells, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 This 3,000-square-foot space is home to a bookstore and cafe as well as a podcast studio and event space that are free for community use. Lane Florsheim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1760, in the meaning defined above