bookstack
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- noun
- /ˈbʊkˌstæk/
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pila de libros
- The library has a vast collection of novels neatly organized in a tall bookstack.
Examples
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MOVING ANGLE as Clarice rises, grabbing her notebook, and follows Ardelia past high metal bookstacks. ARDELIA
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I picked the thing up off my bookstack, attracted to the bright yellow color.
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They're (in my experience) not aimed at the molester behind every bookstack.
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Foster's plans reportedly call for an open atrium all along the west side, freeing the narrow bookstack windows to be seen in their full height.
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There is no doubt of its historical importance, but given the difficulties with bringing the bookstack up to present-day standards of temperature and humidity control, keeping it functioning is hard to justify.
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The Fifth Avenue entrance would be through what is now Gottesman Hall, the library's exhibition hall directly opposite the front door, which now ends in a solid wall where it bumps up against the side of the bookstacks.
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Because the library's Fifth Avenue entrance is a floor higher than the ground-floor entry on 42nd Street, the visitor coming into the new library from Fifth Avenue will arrive on a balcony, roughly in the middle of the former bookstack space.
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Even leaving the exterior of the library untouched, however, has not fully calmed some historic preservationists, who have argued that the bookstack should not be altered or dismantled since it is a key part of the original Carrère and Hastings design.
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She admired the beautifully arranged bookstack in the corner of the reading room.
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The librarian made sure every bookstack was tidy and easily accessible for the students.
Synonyms
Shelves in a library where many books are kept and that are often closed to the public
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Etymology
Bookstack joins book and stack, where stack means 'a pile' or 'a neat row'. So imagine a tall pile or a row of books on library shelves — that picture helps you remember a bookstack is an arranged group of books or the shelves that hold them.