Meaning & use
bookshelf
A piece of furniture or a fixed shelf designed to hold and display books.
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He arranged his novels alphabetically on the tall wooden bookshelf.
The bookshelf in the library was overflowing with donated paperbacks.
A note on using this word
"Bookshelf" can mean a single shelf or, informally, a whole unit of shelves, which is more precisely a "bookcase."
Words with a similar meaning
bookcase
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