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Definition of Bookcase
1. Noun. A piece of furniture with shelves for storing books.
Definition of Bookcase
1. n. A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors.
Definition of Bookcase
1. Noun. A piece of furniture designed for the storage/display of books. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bookcase
1. a case which holds books (literary volumes) [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookcase
Literary usage of Bookcase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"bookcase, or decoration of a library, founded on the cinque-cento style, ...
Plate 1 represents this bookcase, which has been executed for Her Majesty. ..."
2. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"bookcase No. 7.—Tracts in octavo, volumes 614 to 714; the Modern series commences
with ... bookcase No. 8.—Bibliography and Catalogues in folio and quarto. ..."
3. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith, . (1992)
"... President of the Society 1959-1970 Secretary-bookcase (Fig. 37} Henry Allen
Moe was wounded in ein accident in World War I and both legs were fractured. ..."
4. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"... President of the Society 1959—1970 Secretary-bookcase (Fig. 37) Henry Allen
Moe was wounded in an accident in World War I and both legs were fractured. ..."
5. Classified Illustrated Catalog of the Library Department of Library Bureau by Library Bureau Library Dept (1899)
"Rotary bookcase $12.5O With adjustable shelf . . . 16.OO Adjustable Shelf Attachment.
May be applied to all 77s cases. The shelf is adjustable to any angle, ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Glass-Fronted bookcase and Cabinet. Of mahogany. In the style of Sheraton, about
1790. Lent to the Bethnal Green Exhibition by the late Vincent J. Robinson, ..."
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