What is another word for bookshelf?

Pronunciation: [bˈʊkʃɛlf] (IPA)

A bookshelf is a piece of furniture designed to hold books. It is usually made of wood and has several shelves. However, there are many different words that can be used to describe a bookshelf. These words include bookcase, book rack, shelf unit, shelving unit, book stand, booktower, book cubby, library shelves, and many more. Each of these words has its own unique connotations and can be used to describe a different type of bookshelf. Choosing the right word can help to convey the intended tone and style of the bookshelf, whether it be modern and sleek or rustic and traditional.

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    • Noun, singular or mass
      shelf.
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  • hyponyms for bookshelf (as nouns)

Usage examples for Bookshelf

He wanted to cut off Kazem's head, stuff it, and put it on a bookshelf had they purchased a bookshelf.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
Bareheaded, he stepped out through the porch and on to the trim lawn, noting in passing that the home-made bookshelf beside the door bore copies of Shakespeare, Homer, Horace and other volumes rarely found in a workman's abode.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
I don't know where my old book is-gone long since from the nursery bookshelf to the dustbin, I expect, for it was much-used and frail when I knew and loved it-but your word-picture gave me the passport and enabled me to creep once again inside its cover, so brave in blue and gold, and to greet my friend in the red stockings, and find her as highly coloured as ever, and not a day older.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas

Famous quotes with Bookshelf

  • The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.
    Chris Van Allsburg
  • Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.
    Theodore Bikel
  • The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
  • Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes.
    Jamie Zawinski
  • The first book by an African American I read was Carl T. Rowan's memoir, . I found it on the bookshelf at the back of my fifth-grade classroom, an adult book. I can remember the quality of the morning on which I read. It was a sunlit morning in January, a Saturday morning, cold, high, empty. I sat in a rectangle of sunlight, near the grate of the floor heater in the yellow bedroom. And as I read, I became aware of warmth and comfort and optimism. I was made aware of my comfort by the knowledge that others were not, are not, comforted. Carl Rowan at my age was not comforted.
    Richard Rodriguez

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