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book·shelf

 (bo͝ok′shĕlf′)
n. pl. book·shelves
A shelf or set of shelves for holding books.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bookshelf

(ˈbʊkʃɛlf)
n
a piece of furniture consisting of a shelf or shelves for books
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

book•shelf

(ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf)

n., pl. -shelves.
a shelf for holding books, esp. one of the shelves in a bookcase.
[1810–20]
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.bookshelf - a shelf on which to keep booksbookshelf - a shelf on which to keep books  
shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
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Translations
رَفُّ الكُتُبرَفُّ كُتُب
poličkapolička na knihy
boghylde
BücherbordBücherbrettRegal
ράφι βιβλιοθήκης
bokhyllaestanteestanteríalibrero
kirjahylly
bibliothèquerayon
ארון ספרים
polica za knjige
bókahilla
scaffalelibreria
本棚書架書棚
책장
boekenkastboekenplank
bokhylle
póka na książkipółka na książki
estanteprateleira
книжная полка
knižnica
knjižna polica
bokhylla
ชั้นวางหนังสือ
kitap rafıkitaplık
giá sáchkệ sách
书架

bookshelf

[ˈbʊkʃelf] N (bookshelves (pl)) → estante m (para libros)
bookshelves → estantería fsing
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

bookshelf

[ˈbʊkʃɛlf] n (single) → étagère f (à livres)
bookshelves → rayons mpl (de bibliothèque)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bookshelf

[ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf] n → mensola per libri bookshelves npl (bookcase) → libreria
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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bookshelf

→ رَفُّ الكُتُب polička boghylde Bücherbord ράφι βιβλιοθήκης estante kirjahylly bibliothèque polica za knjige scaffale 本棚 책장 boekenplank bokhylle półka na książki prateleira книжная полка bokhylla ชั้นวางหนังสือ kitap rafı giá sách 书架
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William rose also, and stood in front of the fire, muttering, "Oysters, oysters--your basket of oysters!" but though he looked vaguely here and there, as if the oysters might be on the top of the bookshelf, his eyes returned always to Katharine.
But the sands of her liberation were running fast; even through the forest branches came sounds of Rodney moving things on his dressing-table; and Katharine woke herself from this excursion by shutting the cover of the book she was holding, and replacing it in the bookshelf.
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Don't forget to take it down when you go; it's there on the bookshelf over the small table." Clatter, clatter, clatter, bang!
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She would frown, and carrying it downstairs, as if she had it in the tongs, replace it on its bookshelf. I would wrap it up in the cover she had made for the latest Carlyle: she would skin it contemptuously and again bring it down.
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He was even conscious of the gap in the well-lined bookshelf from which it had been taken, and it seemed almost to gape at him in an ugly fashion, like a gap in the teeth of some sinister face.
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Captain MacWhirr was not lying down: he was standing up with one hand grasping the edge of the bookshelf and the other holding open before his face a thick volume.
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Ever since I was a child, I had this picture in my mind of how I want my room to look like-spacious, white walls, sofa at the end of a big fluffy bed, a working table and most importantly, a reading nook with a full bookshelf.
A bookworm's sanctuary
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