bookcase
/ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/
bookcase noun: a piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
Noun
bookcase (plural bookcases)
bookcase meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
bookcase in Hindi
- furniture displaying books
- किताबों की अलमारी kitābõ kī almārī
bookcase in Tamil
- தூசு படியாமலிருக்க
bookcase in Urdu
- furniture displaying books
- کِتابوں کی اَلْماری kitābõ kī almārī
bookcase in Bengali
- furniture displaying books
- বইয়ের আলমারি boiẏer almari
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- bookcase in Arabic
- مَكْتَبَة maktaba, خِزَانَةُ الْكُتُب ḵizānatu l-kutub
- bookcase in Malay
- rak buku, almari buku
- bookcase in Indonesian
- rak buku, lemari buku
- bookcase in Thai
- ตู้หนังสือ dtûu-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ, ชั้นหนังสือ chán-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ
- bookcase in Vietnamese
- tủ sách, kệ sách
Examples of bookcase in a sentence
- She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
- On a bookcase near them, without a sound, without the sensation of weight.
- A falling bookcase, wardrobe, entertainment center, or even big-screen television could kill a child.
Synonyms of bookcase
Forms of bookcase
| plural | bookcases |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | book-case |
Origin of bookcase
From book + case.
Words formed from bookcase
Questions about bookcase
- What does bookcase mean?
- Bookcase means a piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
- What is bookcase in Hindi?
- Bookcase in Hindi is किताबों की अलमारी (kitābõ kī almārī). See Bookcase meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bookcase?
- Bookcase is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bookcase?
- Bookcase is pronounced /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bookcase?
- The plural of bookcase is bookcases.
Words near bookcase in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bookcase (page history and authors); bookcase (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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