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bookshelf

bookshelf

28 1.0
A shelf attached to a wall or part of a bookcase for holding books
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/
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  • The app opens to a bookshelf showing the issues currently available.
  • books on the bookshelf
  • a new bookshelf

But I have two bookshelves for fantasy.

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Examples

  • Here we are back on my bedroom floor in front of my bookshelf to talk about books.

  • It's on my bookshelf next to the Bible.

  • Did you see my updated bookshelf with my books?

  • Right next to the bookshelf, we have my desk.

  • The book I read had been one of the few books on our bookshelf in our rural home.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Information changes over time, so it's important to keep your writer's bookshelf current.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Then I have my little bookshelf and reading nook area.

  • I have a book of poems on my bookshelf by Billy Collins.

    Academic text (2010)
  • I wanna be home where the tallest thing I have to climb is a bookshelf.

  • My grandfather has a beautiful bookshelf filled with classic novels from his childhood.

Synonyms

shelf
vsbookshelf
369 1.0

A flat board fixed to a wall for holding books and small things

is for holding books specifically rather than supporting any objects
bookcase
vsbookshelf
38 1.0

A piece of furniture with shelves for holding books

is a single level often fitted to a wall or part of that furniture
bookrack
vsbookshelf
1.6

A shelf or stand that holds books

is one level usually fixed in place for storing books not for display

How Big

bookcase
38 1.0
bookshelf
28 1.0
shelf
369 1.0
bookend
11 2.7

Surface Forms

bookshelf singular
bookshelves plural

Morphology

bookshelf = book + shelf (transparent) = book + shelf

A direct compound of 'book' + 'shelf'; the meaning (a shelf for books) is immediately inferable from its parts.

Etymology

The word bookshelf comes from joining book and shelf, and so it literally means 'a shelf' for holding 'books'.