Stacks
[stæks]
Definition
(noun.) storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored.
Checked by Harriet--From WordNet
Examples
- The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- His office was filled with stacks of books all relating to metaphysics and kindred matters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The high chimney-stacks telegraph family secrets to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The old latticed windows, the stone porch, the walls, the roof, the chimney-stacks, were rich in crayon touches and sepia lights and shades. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bread in stacks. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Edited by Clifford