Collocations for "bookshelf"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bookshelf" in context.
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bookshelf
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [wood, maple, modern] bookshelf
- set it on her bookshelf
- keeps it on his bookshelf
- a bookshelf full of books
- a bookshelf [crammed, stuffed] with books
- [an empty, a full, a crammed] bookshelf
- fell off (of) the bookshelf
- a [tall, narrow, wide] bookshelf
- knocked the bookshelf over
- knocked over the bookshelf
- bumped into the bookshelf
- bookends on the bookshelf
- the novel is flying off the bookshelves
'bookshelf' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):