Definition of bookcase
: a piece of furniture consisting of shelves to hold books
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Sun Juong noticed that Miss Park was standing stock still in front of the bookcase.
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On the bookcase in his office, jars of beans sit side by side with pictures of his son.
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There’s a desk, bookcase, and four chairs, including a black wooden armchair that was a gift from Tufts Medical Center, where Schenkein used to head the cancer center.
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During the day, as visitors file through the University of Coimbra’s 300-year-old Joanina Library, the creatures remain hidden behind the grand, gilded bookcases.
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Jen McGinley’s set consists largely of bookcases, filled with battered volumes that bespeak endless use, that are magically reconfigured to expedite the play’s journeys into the deep past.
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The novelist's Royal typewriter rests atop a bedroom bookcase, seemingly primed for the imminent touch of an author who famously found inspiration while standing up.
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And the poster bed now is imaginatively positioned at a diagonal in front of two walls of bookcases, which makes room for a seating area in front of the fireplace at the far end.
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The San Antonio region, though, will still get the maze-like warehouse store filled with Billy bookcases, Lack tables and rite-of-passage furniture.
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First Known Use of bookcase
1698
BOOKCASE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of bookcase for English Language Learners
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: a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books
BOOKCASE Defined for Kids
Definition of bookcase for Students
: a set of shelves to hold books
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