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BOOK FAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does book fair mean? 

BOOK FAIR (noun)
  The noun BOOK FAIR has 2 senses:

1. fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of booksplay

2. bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy causeplay

  Familiarity information: BOOK FAIR used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOOK FAIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

book fair; bookfair

Hypernyms ("book fair" is a kind of...):

fair (gathering of producers to promote business)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

book fair; bookfair

Hypernyms ("book fair" is a kind of...):

bazaar; fair (a sale of miscellany; often for charity)


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