Definition of bookcase
: a piece of furniture consisting of shelves to hold books
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The 2,876 square feet home has three bedrooms, two full baths, living and dining area, eat-in kitchen, and study, with a wall of bookcases and tile ceiling.
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Siegel’s steady tracking shots reveal whole floors full of junked chairs, tables and bookcases.
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Built-in bookcases and two walk-in closets are featured.
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Simone often sits in her study at her family’s home — a room with a desk, bookcase and sculptures made out of Legos — working on words on the big screen.
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The medals were recently found in a bookcase in the former home of Egan's daughter in Ohio.
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By the register were shelves full of new fiction and nonfiction and a bookcase dedicated to eclectic titles published by The New York Review of Books.
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But the bulk of my bookcase is devoted to my true love: comics.
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First Known Use of bookcase
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BOOKCASE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of bookcase for English Language Learners
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: a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books
BOOKCASE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of bookcase for Students
: a set of shelves to hold books
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