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# bookcase

«bookcase» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of furniture with shelves for keeping books on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bookcase, bookcases)

### meaning for a pupil

A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves for keeping books on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school, bookcases hold books at home, in classrooms and libraries; books are sorted by size, author or subject. In safety, tall bookcases should be fixed to the wall so they cannot tip over if children climb them. Phrases: «tall bookcase», «on the bookcase», «a built-in bookcase».

### examples

- The bookcase in my bedroom is full of adventure stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x1)
- Put the atlas back on the bookcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x2)
- Dad fixed the tall bookcase to the wall so it can't fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x3)
- Never climb a bookcase; it can tip over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x4)
- Our class bookcase has a shelf for each author. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x5)
- We sorted the books on the bookcase by colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x6)
- The old bookcase is made of oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x7)
- The secret door was hidden behind a bookcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a bookcase». One word. Similar: «bookshelf» (one shelf, or the whole piece, plural «bookshelves»). Safety: tipping furniture injures many young children.

### In the corpora

- [Dad builds a bookcase without reading the instructions, and it wobbles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bookcase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookcase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.