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BOOKSHELF (bookshelves)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bookshelf mean?
• BOOKSHELF (noun)
The noun BOOKSHELF has 1 sense:
1. a shelf on which to keep books
Familiarity information: BOOKSHELF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shelf on which to keep books
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bookshelf" is a kind of...):
shelf (a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects)
Context examples
When I look over my bookshelves, I can see that it is only the wise and witty and valiant who have ventured to write down their experiences.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now, I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they are mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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