Usually means: Storage for books; often wooden.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Bookshelf:

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  1. bookshelf: Merriam-Webster
  2. bookshelf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bookshelf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bookshelf: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bookshelf: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bookshelf, bookshelf: Wordnik
  7. bookshelf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bookshelf: Wiktionary
  9. bookshelf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bookshelf: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bookshelf: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bookshelf, bookshelf: Dictionary.com
  13. bookshelf: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Bookshelf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Bookshelf: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. bookshelf: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. bookshelf: Rhymezone
  18. Bookshelf: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. bookshelf: FreeDictionary.org
  20. bookshelf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. bookshelf: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. bookshelf: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bookshelf: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bookshelf: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bookshelf)

▸ noun:  (furniture) A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.

Similar:
bookstand, shelfwork, book-table, shelflist, deskbook, bookend, bookrest, bookery, shelfie, stockbook, more...

Opposite:
bookcase

Types:
ladder bookshelf, cube bookshelf, threshold bookshelf, more...

Phrases:
3M bookshelf game series, bookshelf sight, more...

Adjectives:
small, large, little, our, own, low, tall, empty, wooden, nearby, foot

Colors:
    brown,     mahogany,     oak,     walnut,     maple, more...



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Similar:
bookstand, shelfwork, book-table, shelflist, deskbook, bookend, bookrest, bookery, shelfie, stockbook, more...

Opposite:
bookcase

Types:
ladder bookshelf, cube bookshelf, threshold bookshelf, more...

Phrases:
3M bookshelf game series, bookshelf sight, more...

Adjectives:
small, large, little, our, own, low, tall, empty, wooden, nearby, foot

Colors:
    brown,     mahogany,     oak,     walnut,     maple, more...



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