bookshelf

noun

book·​shelf ˈbu̇k-ˌshelf 

: an open shelf for holding books

Examples of bookshelf in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How to Minimize Dust Buildup on Shelves Want to minimize the dust buildup on your bookshelf? — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026

It’s meant to blends furtively into a bookshelf or sits elegantly atop a bedside table, never inside it. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

By its very nature, literary biography does more than simply stand alongside other genres on the bookshelf. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Many of these bans remove Black and LGBTQIA+ literature from bookshelves. — Brooke Harris Garad, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bookshelf

• herself
• himself
• hisself
• itself
• meself
• myself
• nonself
• oneself
• thyself
• yourself
• elf
• self