bookmobile

book·mo·bile

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [boo k-muh-beel, -moh-]
- /ˈbʊk məˌbil, -moʊ-/
- /ˈbʊk.məʊ.biːl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boo k-muh-beel, -moh-]
- /ˈbʊk məˌbil, -moʊ-/

Definitions of bookmobile word

noun bookmobile a vehicle providing lending library facilities 3
noun bookmobile a truck, bus, etc. equipped to serve as a traveling public library 3
noun bookmobile an automobile, small truck, or trailer constructed to carry books and serve as a traveling library, as for communities where libraries are not accessible. 1
noun bookmobile van housing a mobile library 1
noun bookmobile A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection. 0

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Origin of bookmobile

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40; book + -mobile

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Parts of speech for Bookmobile

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bookmobile popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

bookmobile usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bookmobile

noun bookmobile

circulating library — a small library circulated in turn to a group of schools or other institutions
mobile library — travelling book-lending facility
public library — a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.
lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
national library — a library established and funded by a national government with the designation national, to serve the needs of this government, often to function as a library of record for the nation's publishing output, and in some cases to act as a central agency for library and bibliographic development in the nation.

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