Word Type

Noun

The word "bookcase" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

den homw house study

Derived Terms

bookcased occasional bookcase public bookcase

Derived From

book case

Has Part

books

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

article of furniture furniture piece of furniture

Type Of (IsA)

furniture hexalateral object non powered device object supporting furniture office furniture storage device

Related Terms

bookshelf

Related Terms

book bookshelf display furniture storage

Used For

books carrying lot of superflous stuff centralizing stuff display nice clock displaying awards displaying books displaying statues keeping favorite books keeping notebooks in organize books protecting books from deterioration store books storing books taking material to college

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.