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bookstore [noun]

US

/ˈbʊkˌstɔr/

Example:

The new edition is on sale now at any good bookstore.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bookshop

noun
a shop that sells books

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bookshop

book‧shop /ˈbʊkʃɒp $ -ʃɑːp/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
especially British English a shop that sells books SYN bookstore American English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bookshop

book·shop [bookshop bookshops] [ˈbʊkʃɒp] [ˈbʊkʃɑːp] (especially BrE) (NAmE usually book·store [ˈbʊkstɔː(r)] ; [ˈbʊkstɔːr] ) noun
a shop/store that sells books
Example Bank:
• I asked the bookshop to order several titles which were not in stock.

• The new edition is on sale now at any good bookshop.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bookshop / ˈbʊk.ʃɒp / / -ʃɑːp / noun [ C ] mainly UK ( US usually bookstore )

A2 a shop or website where books are sold

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bookstore

/bʊkstɔ:(r)/
(bookstores)

A bookstore is a shop where books are sold. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use bookshop)

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bookstore

book·store /ˈbʊkˌstoɚ/ noun, pl -stores [count] chiefly US : a store that sells books

American English

A2 (Elementary)

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