Synonyms for bookcase

Grammar : Noun

Spell : boo k-keys

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊkˌkeɪs

Définition of bookcase

Origin : 1726, from book (n.) + case (n.2). An Old English word for this was bocfodder.

noun bookshelf

Example sentences :

Get that old French dictionary out of the bookcase downstairs, will you?
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

She looked at the bookcase lovingly, as if she was saying farewell to the past.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

At that moment Blaine stepped from behind the bookcase and confronted him.
Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

He had returned to the armchair in the shadow of the bookcase.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

We'll read to you, too, the whole Bible, and all the books in the bookcase beside!
Extract from : « The Little Nightcap Letters. » by Frances Elizabeth Barrow

Suggested by a copy of his poems in a West Highland bookcase.
Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes

He had returned to the arm-chair in the shadow of the bookcase.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

He noticed her eyeing the book, and got up to put it back in the bookcase.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Fronting the bookcase was the biggest table that Cassy had ever seen.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

She went to a bookcase, knelt down, and scanned the titles of the books.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

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