book·case

[book-keys]
noun
a set of shelves for books.

Origin:
1720–30; book + case2

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bookcase (ˈbʊkˌkeɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a piece of furniture containing shelves for books, often fitted with glass doors

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Word Origin & History

bookcase
1726, from book + case (2). An O.E. word for this was bocfodder.
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Example sentences
They got a bookcase, filled it with books and told me to sit there and read all
  the time with no other feedback.
If there is a tree or a ladder or even a bookcase around, they will try to
  climb it and leap off.
The bookcase of the executive lounge had been filled with books the way you
  would stock a freshly dug pond with fish.
He's hanging his diploma on a nail banged into the wall over his bookcase.
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