Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shelf or set of shelves for holding books.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A shelf to hold books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
shelf orshelves for storingbooks for easy visual reference.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shelf on which to keep books
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Examples
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I think that a bookshelf is a piece of furniture that can be designed in a lot of ways.
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So yes, my bookshelf is a look into my past, but it also is a look at who I am trying to become.
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Pretty much everything on my bookshelf is there because I mean/hope to get to it some day and haven't yet.
Archive 2006-08-01 kittenpie 2006
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Pretty much everything on my bookshelf is there because I mean/hope to get to it some day and haven't yet.
A Book A Day - A Meme kittenpie 2006
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The bookshelf is too big but is holding my stereo and other things so that's fine.
And I was only short some screws. So close... tragic_elegance 2010
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That $10.50 bookshelf is $10.50 in both CAD and USD.
DIY Invisible Floating Bookshelves | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I picked out a coffee table, a bookshelf, a desk, under-counter storage, and a very thin bookshelf (they call it a DVD holder) which will sit in the corner to hold manga and such.
journey to Swedish Way~ tragic_elegance 2010
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The main bookshelf in the apartment stands behind staircase and holds the majority of our books both graphic and prose.
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The bookshelf is too big but is holding my stereo and other things so that's fine.
And I was only short some screws. So close... tragic_elegance 2010
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I picked out a coffee table, a bookshelf, a desk, under-counter storage, and a very thin bookshelf (they call it a DVD holder) which will sit in the corner to hold manga and such.
journey to Swedish Way~ tragic_elegance 2010
mollusque commented on the word bookshelf
Wordie didn't have a bookshelf till now?
July 13, 2008