Definition

1. Noun:
   • A mobile library or bookstore: A "bookmobile" is a specially equipped vehicle, typically a van or bus, that functions as a traveling library or bookstore. It contains shelves of books and travels to different locations to provide library services to communities, especially those without easy access to a permanent library branch.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The county library sends its bookmobile to rural areas every Wednesday.
  • Children eagerly awaited the arrival of the bookmobile at their school.
  • She borrowed three novels from the bookmobile parked in the community center lot.

Advanced Usage

• "to operate a bookmobile": to manage or run a mobile library service.

  • The library system decided to operate a bookmobile to reach underserved neighborhoods.

• "bookmobile service": the provision of library materials via a mobile vehicle.

  • The city's bookmobile service was expanded to include audiobooks and DVDs.

Variants and Related Words

• Mobile library (n): Another term for a bookmobile; a vehicle that serves as a traveling library.
  • The mobile library visits the village square once a month.

Synonyms

• Traveling library: A library that moves from place to place.
• Library van: A van used as a mobile library.

Noun

1. a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore