bookcase

[US]/'bʊkkeɪs/
[UK]/'bʊkkes/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books, also known as a bookshelf

Example Sentences

This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.

You buy this bookcase in sections and slot them together.

put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.

The bookcase contains fifty volumes but holds a hundred.

A splendid bookcase goes along with the complete encyclopaedia if you pay cash.

"She gazed at it for some time and then added, 'You don't need bookcases at all.'"

This hauli wood secretaire bookcase mixing East and West can be identified by concealed characters reading, "Ship's captain no 4--Bookcase."

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