Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookjacket

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-jack-et
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The jacket of a book.

Example Sentences

"Under certain circumstances and because of the method of application, lamination of all but the flaps of a bookjacket can prove more costly..."

Etymology

From book + jacket.

Inflected Forms

bookjackets (plural) book (alternative) jacket (alternative)

Synonyms

dust jacket dustcover

Questions

What does bookjacket mean?: The jacket of a book.
Where does bookjacket come from?: From book + jacket.

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