Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index B bookplate: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: book•plate Pronunciation: (book'plāt"), [key] — n. a label bearing the owner's name and often a design, coat of arms, or the like, for pasting on the front end paper of a book. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: bookplate (Thesaurus) bookpaper bookrack ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: glissade Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language