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1 N‑COUNT A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.

2 N‑COUNT In computing, a bookmark is the address of an internet site that you put into a list on your computer so that you can return to it easily. [COMPUTING ] □  Save what you find with an electronic bookmark so you can return to it later. ● VERB Bookmark is also a verb. [COMPUTING ] □ [V n] But this site is definitely worth bookmarking.

book|plate /bʊ kple I t/ (bookplates ) N‑COUNT A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.

book|sell|er /bʊ kselə ^r / (booksellers ) N‑COUNT A bookseller is a person who sells books.

book|shelf /bʊ kʃelf/ (bookshelves ) N‑COUNT A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.

book|shop /bʊ kʃɒp/ (bookshops ) N‑COUNT A bookshop is a shop where books are sold. [BRIT ] in AM, use bookstore

book|stall /bʊ kstɔːl/ (bookstalls )

1 N‑COUNT A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.

2 N‑COUNT A bookstall is a small shop with an open front where books and magazines are sold. Bookstalls are usually found in railway stations and airports. [BRIT ] in AM, usually use newsstand

book|store /bʊ kstɔː ^r / (bookstores ) N‑COUNT A bookstore is the same as a bookshop . [mainly AM ]

boo k value (book values ) N‑COUNT In business, the book value of an asset is the value it is given in the account books of the company that owns it. [BUSINESS ] □  The insured value of the airplane was greater than its book value.

book|worm /bʊ kwɜː ^r m/ (bookworms ) N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a bookworm , you mean they are very fond of reading. [INFORMAL ]

boom ◆◇◇ /buː m/ (booms , booming , boomed )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold. □  An economic boom followed, especially in housing and construction. □  The 1980s were indeed boom years. □  …the cycle of boom and bust which has damaged us for 40 years.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A boom in something is an increase in its amount, frequency, or success. □ [+ in ] The boom in the sport's popularity has meant more calls for stricter safety regulations. □  Public transport has not been able to cope adequately with the travel boom.

3 VERB If the economy or a business is booming , the amount of things being bought or sold is increasing. □ [V ] When the economy is booming, people buy new cars. □ [V -ing] It has a booming tourist industry.

4 N‑COUNT [usu sing] On a boat, the boom is the long pole which is attached to the bottom of the sail and to the mast and which you move when you want to alter the direction in which you are sailing.

5 VERB When something such as someone's voice, a cannon, or a big drum booms , it makes a loud, deep sound that lasts for several seconds. □ [V with quote] 'Ladies,' boomed Helena, without a microphone, 'we all know why we're here tonight.' □ [V prep/adv] Thunder boomed like battlefield cannons over Crooked Mountain. [Also V ] ● PHRASAL VERB Boom out means the same as boom . □ [V P prep/adv] Music boomed out from loudspeakers. □ [V P with quote] A megaphone boomed out, 'This is the police.' □ [V P n] He turned his sightless eyes their way and boomed out a greeting. [Also V P ] ● N‑COUNT Boom is also a noun. □  The stillness of night was broken by the boom of a cannon.

6 → see also baby boom

▸  boom out → see boom 6 COLLOCATIONS boom NOUN

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noun + boom : building, construction, housing; commodities, dotcom, tech