"book club" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: book clubs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} book club (plural book clubs)
  1. A group of people who meet to discuss the books they have been reading. Categories (topical): Collectives, Literature Synonyms: reading group, book group, book discussion group, book society Translations (a group of people who meet to discuss books): club de lecture [masculine] (French), cercle de lecture [masculine] (French), könyvklub (Hungarian), lesesirkel [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-book_club-en-noun-LiIcNHTx Disambiguation of Collectives: 54 46 Disambiguation of Literature: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'a group of people who meet to discuss books': 89 11
  2. A commercial organization offering subscribers a selection of books from a catalogue. Categories (topical): Collectives, Literature Synonyms: book sales club Translations (commercial organization): club de livres [masculine] (French), bokklubb [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-book_club-en-noun-ngCc68gE Disambiguation of Collectives: 54 46 Disambiguation of Literature: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'commercial organization': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bookclub

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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