Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small rack for books.
- noun A rack for supporting an open book.
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- noun A
rack forbooks ; abookshelf .
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Examples
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But hey, I always been a fan of simplicity and infact the great thing about my new bookrack is I can change the height of the shelves with relative ease.
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The bookrack was a source of considerable fascination and all 'suspect' books were put to one side.
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Robert J. Sawyer - I bought "Illegal Alien" off a crappy airport bookrack in 2001 (it was the only decent-looking book there) and by the time I'd finished my flight (and the book) I resolved to buy up everything he'd written to date - I went through his first 11 novels over the next half-year, and have kept up with him ever since.
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For example, the design of an intended bookrack must have small and numerous shelves, while the racks in your kitchen can have larger height for various items to fit in.
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The bookrack is thankfully free of science fiction.
Assumption 2010
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Science fiction books would still be relegated to one small bookrack in the bookstore, not three or four aisles, plus a new romance-SFF section.
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With a few bulk 'purchases' by a friendly/related patron or think-tank, the publishing house can have the free advertising associated with every Safeway and Walmart bookrack in the country saying they're "#1" on the list.
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Although I did post a render of the bookrack I wanted to build, I found that it was too impractical and had to settle for something less daedal.
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Sadly, for me, those years are naught but hazy, patchouli-scented memories, which is why I have to pass on this biblioteca bookrack.
Archive 2007-09-01 Doppelganger 2007
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It had been a good theoretical exercise and he hoped it would not simply "gather dust on a bookrack somewhere" without being properly implemented because of a lack of funds.
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