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# bookshelf

«bookshelf» in Mova's school dictionary: **a shelf, or a piece of furniture with several shelves…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bookshelf, bookshelves)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

a container: books per shelf, shelves per bookshelf; in the classroom and library; phrases «on the bookshelf», «tall bookshelf», «bookcase»

### examples

- Each bookshelf has 5 shelves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x1)
- Each shelf holds 20 books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x2)
- The bookshelf holds 120 books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x3)
- She put 8 books on the bookshelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x4)
- Put the books back on the bookshelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x5)
- Our classroom has a bookshelf of comics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x6)
- The bookshelf is full, so we need another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x7)
- Dad built a bookshelf from wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x8)
- The tallest books go on the bottom of the bookshelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x9)
- A bookshelf should be fixed to the wall so it can't fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookshelf/#x10)

### note

A group: total = shelves × books per shelf. Trap: shelves (the boards) and bookshelves (whole pieces) are different counts. Plural «bookshelves» (f to v).

### Trees and pragmatics

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