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 →

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 →
• Put the atlas back on the bookcase. tree →
• Dad fixed the tall bookcase to the wall so it can't fall. tree →
• Never climb a bookcase; it can tip over. tree →
• Our class bookcase has a shelf for each author. tree →
• We sorted the books on the bookcase by colour. tree →
• The old bookcase is made of oak. tree →
• The secret door was hidden behind a bookcase. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bookcase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.