Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "second-hand bookshop" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP

second-hand bookshop  [ˌsɛkəndˈhænd ˈbʊkˌʃɒp] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Second-Hand bookshop is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

second-hand bookshop

Used bookstore

Used bookstores buy and sell used books and out-of-print books. A range of titles is available in used bookstores, including in print and out-of-print books. Book collectors tend to frequent used book stores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. Individuals wishing to sell their used books using online bookstores agree to terms outlined by the bookstore: for example, paying the online bookstore a predetermined commission once the books have sold. Used bookstores can range in size offering from several hundred to several hundred thousands of titles. They may be brick-and-mortar stores, internet-only stores, or a combination of both. A book town is a locale where numerous bookstores are located and serve as the town's main attraction to tourists.

Definition of second-hand bookshop in the English dictionary

The definition of second-hand bookshop in the dictionary is a shop selling second-hand books.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP


bakeshop
ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp
barbershop
ˈbɑːbəˌʃɒp
cop-shop
ˈkɒpˌʃɒp
dramshop
ˈdræmˌʃɒp
ginshop
ˈdʒɪnˌʃɒp
grogshop
ˈɡrɒɡˌʃɒp
hockshop
ˈhɒkˌʃɒp
pawnshop
ˈpɔːnˌʃɒp
Photoshop
ˈfəʊtəʊˌʃɒp
potshop
ˈpɒtˌʃɒp
swagshop
ˈswæɡˌʃɒp
sweatshop
ˈswɛtˌʃɒp
tallyshop
ˈtælɪˌʃɒp
teashop
ˈtiːˌʃɒp
teleshop
ˈtelɪˌʃɒp
workshop
ˈwɜːkˌʃɒp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP

second-class citizen
second-class honours degree
second-degree
second-degree burn
second-grader
second-guess
second-guesser
second-half
second-hand
second-hand bookseller
second-hand dealer
second-hand smoke
second-homer
second-in-command
second-rate
second-rater
second-row
second-sighted
second-sightedness
second-strike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP

a bull in a china shop
all over the shop
archbishop
bike shop
bishop
body repair shop
body shop
bookshop
coffee shop
flower shop
gift shop
locomotive workshop
one-stop shop
pet shop
postworkshop
repair shop
sex shop
sheltered workshop
shut up shop
theatre workshop

Synonyms and antonyms of second-hand bookshop in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «second-hand bookshop» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP

Find out the translation of second-hand bookshop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of second-hand bookshop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «second-hand bookshop» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

二手书店
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

librería de segunda mano
570 millions of speakers

English

second-hand bookshop
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूसरे हाथ किताबों की दुकान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكتبة المستعملة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

букинистический магазин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

livraria de segunda mão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিতীয় হাত বইয়ের দোকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bouquiniste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kedai buku terpakai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Second-Hand- Buchladen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

二手書店
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중고 서점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Toko buku kapindho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

second-hand sách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டாவது கை புத்தகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुसऱ्या बाजूस पुस्तक दुकान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ikinci el kitapevi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

libreria di seconda mano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Księgarnia używanych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

букіністичний магазин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anticariat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταχειρισμένων βιβλιοπωλείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tweedehandse boekwinkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antikvariat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

annenhånds bokhandel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of second-hand bookshop

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP»

The term «second-hand bookshop» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.475 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
82
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «second-hand bookshop» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of second-hand bookshop
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «second-hand bookshop».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «second-hand bookshop» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «second-hand bookshop» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about second-hand bookshop

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP»

Discover the use of second-hand bookshop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to second-hand bookshop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street
It's never too late to run away from home!
Marlish Glorie, 2009
2
The Haunted Bookshop and Other Apparitions
"There isn't a second-hand bookshop in Barry," I said, confidently. I once lived in Swansea for several years and I still visit my children there on occasion. If there had been a second-hand bookshop in Barry, I would have found mention of it in ...
Brian Stableford, 2007
3
e-Lower Secondary Levels English Model Compositions
Paragraph 2 A second-hand bookshop is hard to find nowadays — these second -hand bookshops usually have interesting collections — people leaving the country to settle elsewhere may want to sell their books or get rid of old books — the ...
Kwan Hui Choo, 2013
4
Talk a Lot Elementary Book 3: Complete 12-week spoken ...
(Past Continuous) We were browsing in the second-hand bookshop for more than half an hour. / How long were you browsing in the second-hand bookshop for? / For more than half an hour. / Were you browsing in the secondhand bookshop ...
Matt Purland, 2014
5
Prague
Makovsky-Gregor Kaprova 9, Stare Mesto; metro Staromestska. Appealingly chaotic little second-hand bookshop with old prints and English-language books. Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm. Department stores For most basic goods, ...
‎2002
6
The Haunted Bookshop
... which deals entirely in second-hand volumes. There is no second-hand bookshop in the world more worthy of respect. It was about six o'clock of a cold November evening, with gusts of rain splattering upon the pavement, when a 7 Chapter I ...
Christopher Morley, 2009
7
In Luck at Last
other hand, should he be planted in a busy thoroughfare—the noise of many vehicles, the hurry of quick footsteps, the swift current of anxious humanity are out of harmony with the atmosphere of a second-hand bookshop. Some suggestion of ...
Walter, Sir Besant, 2012
8
FCS Mathematical Literacy L2
BUDGET Figure 4.6 Projected income and expenditure statement for Second- hand Bookshop Now you can draw up a budget for the Second-hand Bookshop for the period 1 March to 31 May 2007 as shown in Figure 4.7 on the next page.
Amanda Le Roux, Claudine Grinker, 2007
9
Foundations In English Course Book - 8 (Revised Edition), 2/E
Bookshop Memories (Read this extract from an essay written by George Orwell in 1 936, where he describes how he almost lost his love for books while working in a second-hand bookshop in London.) When I worked in a second-hand ...
Chadha Tara, 2008
10
Samizdat, Tamizdat, and Beyond: Transnational Media During ...
On the shelf of a Budapest second-hand bookshop I found by accident George Orwell's 1984. ... Around me there are other costumers hunting for books: it seems almost impossible that they have not discovered the book which is on the Index ...
Friederike Kind-Kovacs, Jessie Labov, 2013

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term second-hand bookshop is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Second-hand bookshop as place of refuge
Well, I am a book lover and no stranger to Dunedin's handful of second-hand bookshops - Scribes, Galaxy, Dead Souls, Arcadia, Vintage, Renaissance, Hard to ... «Otago Daily Times, Dec 14»
2
Weird and wonderful bookshops worldwide – in pictures
This independent second-hand bookshop, opened in 1979, is in an old Gaelic church in Inverness: “It's huge, with a log fire”, says Campbell. It also happens to ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
3
Ali Smith: 'How a second-hand art catalogue of Florence's frescos …
From time to time over the past few years I've done volunteer stints a few hours a week selling books at our local Amnesty International second-hand bookshop, ... «The Independent, Aug 14»
4
Farewell to the second-hand bookshop
The Carlton second-hand bookshop, on Grattan Street, just near Melbourne University, was finally giving up the ghost — its windows announced a closing-down ... «Crikey, Nov 13»
5
Bookshops can't compete with Amazon on price. If they want to …
It was about 15 years ago that I first realized how the second-hand bookshop business was changing. I took two or three big cardboard boxes of review copies ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
6
Why second-hand bookshops are just my type
Alas, second-hand bookshops are closing daily, driven out of business by the combination of a general decline in reading, the internet and that most ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
7
MM's top five... second-hand bookshops in Manchester city centre
With the second hand book-trade looking rather worn and frayed around the ages, MM browses the best places to pick up inexpensive books. Second-hand ... «Mancunian Matters, Nov 12»
8
A guide to Dubai's best second-hand bookshops
House of Prose claims to be the veteran of second-hand bookshops in the city, and quite possibly is with its pioneering outlet having aged gracefully to the wise ... «The National, Jul 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Second-Hand bookshop [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/second-hand-bookshop>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z