Bookshelf
['bʊkʃelf]
Definition
(n.) A shelf to hold books.
Edited by Helen
Examples
- If not, I have only to go to those bookshelves, and you have only to read the passages which I can point out to you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She began to saunter about the room, examining the bookshelves between the puffs of her cigarette-smoke. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She had a vision of his quiet room, of the bookshelves, and the fire on the hearth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Now, I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they _are_ mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Sonya