Meanings
plural used bookstores · alternative used-book store · alternative used book store · alternative used-bookstore
- A bookstore that principally sells secondhand or used books.
Used bookstores have been disappearing for decades: The Booksellers tells us that 1950s New York had 368 bookstores, and today it has about 79.
2023 May 13, Lilah Raptopoulos, “The charms of New York’s Antiquarian book fair”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21Synonyms: secondhand bookshop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bookstore that principally sells secondhand or used books.
Origin
Translations
Czech antikvariát
- antikvariátstore selling secondhand books
Finnish antikvariaatti
- antikvariaattistore selling secondhand books
French bouquinerie
- bouquineriestore selling secondhand books
German Antiquariat
- Antiquariatstore selling secondhand books
Hungarian antikvárium
- antikváriumstore selling secondhand books
Polish antykwariat
- antykwariatstore selling secondhand books
Portuguese alfarrabista
- alfarrabistastore selling secondhand books
Romanian anticariat
- anticariatstore selling secondhand books
Russian букинисти́ческий магази́н
- букинисти́ческий магази́н (bukinistíčeskij magazín)store selling secondhand books
Swedish antikvariat
- antikvariatstore selling secondhand books
Cite this entry
used bookstore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/used%20bookstore
“used bookstore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/used%20bookstore. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “used bookstore,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/used%20bookstore.
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