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book·case
(bo͝ok′kās′)n.
A piece of furniture with shelves for holding books.
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bookcase
(ˈbʊkˌkeɪs)n
(Furniture) a piece of furniture containing shelves for books, often fitted with glass doors
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book•case
(ˈbʊkˌkeɪs)n.
a set of shelves for books.
[1720–30]
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| Noun | 1. |  bookcase - a piece of furniture with shelves for storing booksarticle of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects |
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Translations
خِزَانَةُ الكُتُبخَزانَةُ كُتُب
knihovna
=-reolboghyldebogreol
kirjahylly
polica za knjige
könyvszekrény
bókahillur
本箱
책장
knjižna omara
bokhylla
ตู้หนังสือ
tủ sách
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bookcase
[ˈbʊkkeɪs] n → bibliothèque f (meuble)book club n → club m du livrebook cover n → couverture f de livrebooked up adj (mainly British)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
book
(buk) noun1. a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together. an exercise book.
2. a piece of writing, bound and covered. I've written a book on Shakespeare.
3. a record of bets.
verb1. to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc. I've booked four seats for Friday's concert.
2. to hire in advance. We've booked the hall for Saturday.
ˈbookable adjective able to be reserved in advance. Are these seats bookable?
ˈbooking noun a reservation.
ˈbooklet (-lit) noun a small, thin book. a booklet about the history of the town.
ˈbookbinding noun putting the covers on books.
ˈbookbinder nounˈbookcase noun
a set of shelves for books.
ˈbooking-office noun an office where travel tickets etc are sold. a queue at the station booking-office.
ˈbookmaker noun a professional betting man who takes bets and pays winnings.
ˈbookmark noun something put in a book to mark a particular page.
ˈbookseller noun a person who sells books.
ˈbookshelf noun a shelf on which books are kept.
ˈbookshop noun a shop which sells books.
ˈbookworm noun a person who reads a lot.
booked up having every ticket sold. The theatre is booked up for the season.
book in to sign one's name on the list of guests at an hotel etc. We have booked in at the Royal Hotel.
by the book strictly according to the rules. She always does things by the book.
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bookcase
→ خِزَانَةُ الكُتُب knihovna bogreol Bücherregal βιβλιοθήκη estantería kirjahylly bibliothèque polica za knjige libreria 本箱 책장 boekenkast bokhylle biblioteczka estante книжный шкаф bokhylla ตู้หนังสือ kitaplık tủ sách 书橱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009