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BOOKFAIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bookfair mean?
• BOOKFAIR (noun)
The noun BOOKFAIR has 2 senses:
1. fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books
2. bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause
Familiarity information: BOOKFAIR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("bookfair" 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 ("bookfair" is a kind of...):
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