Bookplate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bookplate is a noun meaning (transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).
Meaning
(transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).
More Meanings
- A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
Example Sentences
By the bed there was a bookcase with old French novels, left-behind Frederick Forsyths, odd leather-bound volumes of history and memoirs with the coroneted Kessler bookplate.
Word Forms
- bookplates
- bookplating
- bookplated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include armorial, bookmarker, bookmark, plate, page, bookboard.
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