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Bookplate

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Españolex libris
DeutschExlibris
6 more languages
العربيةالكارت
Esperantoekslibriso
Italianoex libris
Polskiekslibris
Portuguêsex-libris

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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