bookshelf

noun

book·​shelf ˈbu̇k-ˌshelf How to pronounce bookshelf (audio)
: an open shelf for holding books

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Think about tasks like organizing your desk, folding laundry or rearranging a bookshelf. Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 That strategy resonated with Zaslow, who has used it to dispense with the newspapers and magazines that were accumulating on a bookshelf in her own home. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025 Between Levine’s existing relationship with Lynch and the filmmaker really liking a painting in Showtime CEO David Nevins’ office of a bookshelf about to fall on a baby, the project landed at the network. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025 Heart leaf philodendron looks beautiful cascading out of a container over the edges of a bookshelf or trailing from a hanging pot. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bookshelf 

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bookshelf was in 1648

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“Bookshelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookshelf. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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