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bookstall

/ˈbʊkstɔːl/noun

उच्चारण बुक्स्टॉल

किताबों की दुकान/स्टॉल (विशेषकर स्टेशन पर)

Basic word

noun
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    [C] especially British

    a small shop that is open at the front, where you can buy books, newspapers and magazines, especially at a railway station

    किताबों की दुकान/स्टॉल (विशेषकर स्टेशन पर)

    • He bought a magazine from the bookstall on the platform.
    • The bookstall at the station sells newspapers in many languages.
    • We bought a map from a roadside bookstall.
    + 1 more example
    • A crowd gathered around the bookstall on the first day of the fair.

    Synonyms bookshop newsstand kiosk stall

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

a bookstall (countable noun)

A bookstall is a small open-fronted shop or stand that sells books, newspapers and magazines, often at a station.

Bookstall किताबें, अख़बार और पत्रिकाएँ बेचने वाली छोटी खुली दुकान या स्टॉल है, प्रायः स्टेशन पर।

  • I bought a magazine at the station bookstall.
  • The bookstall opens at six every morning.

a bookstall + noun

A noun before bookstall tells where it stands or what it sells.

Bookstall से पहले का noun बताता है कि वह कहाँ है या क्या बेचता है।

  • The railway bookstall sells timetables.

bookstall + noun

A noun after bookstall names the owner or goods.

Bookstall के बाद का noun मालिक या माल का नाम बताता है।

  • The bookstall owner reserved the newspaper for me.

bookstall stock

A bookstall sells cheap, quick-selling things: newspapers, magazines, paperbacks and maps.

Bookstall सस्ती, जल्दी बिकने वाली चीज़ें बेचता है: अख़बार, पत्रिकाएँ, paperbacks और नक़्शे।

  • The bookstall had paperbacks, maps and puzzle books.

bookstall (plural and possessive)

The plural is bookstalls; the owner's stall is the bookstall owner's, with the apostrophe after owner.

Plural 'bookstalls' है; मालिक के स्टॉल के लिए 'bookstall owner's' लिखा जाता है।

  • Three bookstalls stood outside the station.
+Collocations 5

adjective + bookstall

railwaystationroadsidecollegesmall

  • The railway bookstall sells competitive-exam guides.

verb + bookstall

runvisitpassset upstop at

  • We stopped at a bookstall during the journey.

bookstall + noun

ownercountershutterlicence

  • The bookstall counter was covered with magazines.

bookstall + verb

sellstockopenclosedisplay

  • The bookstall displays magazines on a wooden rack.

bookstall + position

at the stationoutside the collegeon the platformby the gate

  • A bookstall stands by the gate of the college.
“More examples 9
  • Before the train left, Radhika bought a puzzle book from a bookstall.

रेल चलने से पहले राधिका ने bookstall से पहेलियों की किताब ख़रीदी।

  • My uncle ran a bookstall at the bus stand for years.

मेरे चाचा ने कई वर्षों तक बस अड्डे पर bookstall चलाया।

  • The bookstall had Hindi newspapers from every state.

Bookstall पर हर राज्य के हिंदी अख़बार थे।

  • A bookstall on the pavement sells cheap second-hand books.

फुटपाथ का bookstall सस्ती पुरानी किताबें बेचता है।

  • The bookstall is closed on Sundays.

Bookstall रविवार को बंद रहता है।

  • The old man at the bookstall remembered every regular customer.

Bookstall के बूढ़े आदमी को हर नियमित ग्राहक याद था।

  • Radhika checked the bookstall for a map of the city.

राधिका ने शहर का नक़्शा देखने के लिए bookstall देखा।

  • The railway bookstall was closed for repair.

रेलवे का bookstall मरम्मत के लिए बंद था।

  • The bookstall owner sold her last year's guide at half price.

Bookstall के मालिक ने उसे पिछले वर्ष की गाइड आधे दाम पर बेची।