bookcases
USBUUK-kay-siz/ˈbʊkˌkeɪsɪz/UKBUUK-kays-iz/ˈbʊkˌkeɪsɪz/
- 1Plural of bookcase.
The library's oak bookcases lined every wall from floor to ceiling.
Movers struggled to carry the heavy bookcases up the narrow staircase.
Note
A regular plural with one point worth noticing: only the end of the word changes. Bookcase is a closed compound of book and case, written as a single word, so it takes the plural -s once, on case. The book element stays singular, as it does in most English compounds. A room has bookcases, never bookscase or bookscases, however many books they hold.
bookcases is a form of bookcase
bookcase, noun: A piece of furniture, usually fitted with shelves, made for storing and displaying books. Full entry
- Forms
- bookcasebookcases plural
- Spelling
- bookcase → bookcases: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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