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bookshelf

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book·shelf  (bkshlf)
n. pl. book·shelves
A shelf or set of shelves for holding books.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bookshelfbookshelf - a shelf on which to keep books      
shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
Translations
bookshelf [ˈbukʃɛlf] n → estante m
bookshelf [ˈbukʃɛlf] book n (single) → étagère f (à livres) (= bookcase); bibliothèque f;
bookshelves → rayons mpl (de bibliothèque)
bookshelf [ˈbukʃɛlf] n → Bücherbord nt;
bookshelves npl → Bücherregal nt
bookshelf [ˈbukʃɛlf] n → mensola (per libri);
bookshelves npl (= bookcase) → libreria


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Don't forget to take it down when you go; it's there on the bookshelf over the small table.
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She would frown, and carrying it downstairs, as if she had it in the tongs, replace it on its bookshelf.
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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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