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bookcase Definition

book·case (-kās′)

noun

a set of shelves or a cabinet for holding books

bookcase Synonyms

bookcase

n.

bookshelf, cabinet, sectional bookcase, secretary, bookrack; see also furniture.

bookcase Usage Examples

Possessives

  • child: Their size makes them far too big to fit into a school bag or into a child's bookcase at home.

Converse of object

  • well-stock: We have a well-stocked bookcase where you are welcome to exchange or borrow books.
  • fill: The walls on either side were lined with bookcases filled to the brim.
  • stock: There were closets for clothes and a large bookcase stocked with improving reading.
  • have: The bottom of each banner has a bookcase with the words ' LIFE LONG LEARNING ' on it.
  • make: Two volunteer carpenters have made a portable bookcase for storing our Bible files.
  • move: An excellent set coped with doors banging, noises off, and moving bookcases without so much of a ripple of the walls.

Adjective modifier

  • tall: Turning the corner you come to a tall bookcase crammed with books.
  • wooden: Fitted wooden bookcase to one side with encased radiators below.
  • large: Opposite was a large bookcase, with a marble bust of Athene on the top.
  • small: The small bookcase is £ 249; the tall version £ 349.
  • glass-fronted: That glass-fronted bookcase is going to need an extension.
  • open: We were enchanted by this refined pair of open bookcases in the drawing room at Erddig.

Preposition: with

  • shelf: The owner has just installed most impressive floor to ceiling bookcases with adjustable shelves, Walnut finish and connection for a flat screen television.

Noun used with modifier

  • bureau: A Victorian mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase realized a price of £ 1,550 against an estimate of £ 800-£1000.
  • oak: An oak bookcase that held the library of Scott's Terra Nova was also given.
  • pine: The dining area has a farmhouse dining table with 6 chairs and a pine bookcase.
  • library: We also quite often come across antiques - for example we recently sold a library bookcase from a Welsh hospital for £ 7,000.
  • secretaire: The Library contains a huge mahogany double secretaire bookcase and a walnut veneered oak collector's cabinet.
  • mahogany: A Victorian mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase realized a price of £ 1,550 against an estimate of £ 800-£1000.