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bookstore

/ˈbʊkstɔː(r)/noun

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किताबों की दुकान, पुस्तक-भंडार

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C] especially North American

    a shop that sells books

    किताबों की दुकान, पुस्तक-भंडार

    • Radhika spent the whole afternoon in a bookstore on College Street.
    • The bookstore offers a discount to students.
    • I ordered the novel through the local bookstore.
    + 1 more example
    • A new bookstore has opened near the university.

    Synonyms bookshop bookseller

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

a bookstore (countable noun, American)

Bookstore is the American word for a shop that sells books; British English uses bookshop.

Bookstore किताबों की दुकान के लिए American शब्द है; British English में bookshop प्रयोग होता है।

  • She works at a bookstore in New York.
  • The bookstore sells textbooks and stationery.

at / in the bookstore

Use at for the shop as a place and in for being inside it.

दुकान के स्थान के लिए 'at' और उसके भीतर होने के लिए 'in' आता है।

  • I met a friend at the bookstore.

bookstore + noun

As in bookshop, a noun can follow to name a person or thing from the shop.

Bookshop की तरह इसके बाद भी दुकान से जुड़ा noun आ सकता है।

  • The bookstore clerk helped her find the title.

bookstore vs bookshop (use)

Both mean the same thing; choose bookshop in British English and bookstore in American English, and stay consistent.

दोनों का अर्थ एक है; British English में bookshop और American English में bookstore चुनें और एक ही रूप रखें।

  • In Delhi we say bookshop; in Boston they say bookstore.

bookstore chain / online bookstore

A chain has many branches, and an online bookstore sells through a website.

Chain के कई शाखाएँ होती हैं और online bookstore वेबसाइट से बेचता है।

  • An online bookstore delivered the novel.
+Collocations 4

adjective + bookstore

universityonlinelocalindependentsecond-hand

  • The university bookstore sells course books.

verb + bookstore

visitbrowseownorder fromstop by

  • Radhika stopped by the bookstore on her way home.

bookstore + noun

clerkchaincafediscount

  • The bookstore cafe is full of readers.

bookstore + position

downtownon campusin the mallnear the library

  • The campus bookstore sells uniforms too.
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  • The new bookstore has a cafe where students sit for hours.

नई bookstore में एक cafe है जहाँ विद्यार्थी घंटों बैठते हैं।

  • Radhika's cousin in Texas works part-time in a bookstore.

टेक्सास में राधिका का चचेरा भाई एक bookstore में part-time काम करता है।

  • The bookstore had a sale on atlases and dictionaries.

Bookstore में atlases और dictionaries पर छूट थी।

  • You can order the book online or buy it at the bookstore.

आप किताब online मँगा सकते हैं या bookstore से ख़रीद सकते हैं।

  • The bookstore closed at nine because of the festival.

त्योहार के कारण bookstore नौ बजे बंद हो गई।

  • The bookstore keeps a special shelf for competitive-exam books.

Bookstore में प्रतियोगी परीक्षा की किताबों के लिए अलग shelf है।

  • She asked the bookstore to order the title for her.

उसने bookstore से वह किताब मँगवाने को कहा।

  • Radhika browsed the bookstore's travel section for an hour.

राधिका ने bookstore के यात्रा विभाग में एक घंटा देखा।

≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

British and American: British English usually says bookshop, while American English says bookstore.

British and American में ब्रिटिश English में आमतौर पर bookshop कहा जाता है, जबकि अमेरिकी English में bookstore।