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book·case

 (bo͝ok′kās′)
n.
A piece of furniture with shelves for holding books.
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bookcase

(ˈbʊkˌkeɪs)
n
(Furniture) a piece of furniture containing shelves for books, often fitted with glass doors
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book•case

(ˈbʊkˌkeɪs)

n.
a set of shelves for books.
[1720–30]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bookcase - a piece of furniture with shelves for storing booksbookcase - a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
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Translations
خِزَانَةُ الكُتُبخَزانَةُ كُتُب
knihovna
=-reolboghyldebogreol
BücherregalBücherschrank
βιβλιοθήκη
estanteríalibrero
kirjahylly
bibliothèquearmoire
polica za knjige
könyvszekrény
bókahillur
libreria
本箱
책장
boekenkast
bokhylle-reol
biblioteczka
estante
книжный шкаф
knjižna omara
bokhylla
ตู้หนังสือ
kitaplıkkitap rafı
tủ sách
书橱书柜

bookcase

[ˈbʊkkeɪs] N → librería f, estantería f, librero m (Mex)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bookcase

[ˈbʊkkeɪs] n → bibliothèque f (meuble)book club n → club m du livrebook cover n → couverture f de livrebooked up adj (mainly British)
[hotel, restaurant, theatre, ferry] (= full) → complet/ète
The hotel is booked up → L'hôtel est complet.
[person] → pris(e)book ends npl → serre-livres m invbook fair n → foire f du livre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bookcase

[ˈbʊkˌkeɪs] n → libreria, scaffale m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

book

(buk) noun
1. a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together. an exercise book.
2. a piece of writing, bound and covered. I've written a book on Shakespeare.
3. a record of bets.
verb
1. to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc. I've booked four seats for Friday's concert.
2. to hire in advance. We've booked the hall for Saturday.
ˈbookable adjective
able to be reserved in advance. Are these seats bookable?
ˈbooking noun
a reservation.
ˈbooklet (-lit) noun
a small, thin book. a booklet about the history of the town.
ˈbookbinding noun
putting the covers on books.
ˈbookbinder noun
ˈbookcase noun
a set of shelves for books.
ˈbooking-office noun
an office where travel tickets etc are sold. a queue at the station booking-office.
ˈbookmaker noun
a professional betting man who takes bets and pays winnings.
ˈbookmark noun
something put in a book to mark a particular page.
ˈbookseller noun
a person who sells books.
ˈbookshelf noun
a shelf on which books are kept.
ˈbookshop noun
a shop which sells books.
ˈbookworm noun
a person who reads a lot.
booked up
having every ticket sold. The theatre is booked up for the season.
book in
to sign one's name on the list of guests at an hotel etc. We have booked in at the Royal Hotel.
by the book
strictly according to the rules. She always does things by the book.
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bookcase

→ خِزَانَةُ الكُتُب knihovna bogreol Bücherregal βιβλιοθήκη estantería kirjahylly bibliothèque polica za knjige libreria 本箱 책장 boekenkast bokhylle biblioteczka estante книжный шкаф bokhylla ตู้หนังสือ kitaplık tủ sách 书橱
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I can stand it no longer, and I think, I may say, that nothing shall ever tempt me to it again; but one good thing I have just ascertained: it is the very room for a theatre, precisely the shape and length for it; and the doors at the farther end, communicating with each other, as they may be made to do in five minutes, by merely moving the bookcase in my father's room, is the very thing we could have desired, if we had sat down to wish for it; and my father's room will be an excellent greenroom.
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