bookstack

[ book-stak ]

noun

1. Usually bookstacks. stack ( def 5 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookstack¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; book + stack

Example Sentences

The New Bodleian was more of a storage facility than public building and, with some of its books now kept elsewhere, the Weston opens up the space to provide more public access and show off the central bookstack.

From BBC

An 11-story bookstack that was formerly at the center of the building—which was originally designed in the shape of a classic university quadrangle—was downsized to make way for upper-level reading rooms and research areas, while the underground stacks were reconfigured to meet modern library standards.

From Architectural Digest

It had to be preserved, and Foster's scheme for so doing entailed sweeping away the clutter of now obsolete bookstack buildings from around it and covering the court with a light glass-and-steel roof, thus creating Europe's largest enclosed space, which will function as the access core of the museum.

From Time Magazine Archive

To prove that they are not merely bookstack grinds, applicants are asked to run 1,000 meters and swim 50 meters.

From Time Magazine Archive

It stands, massive and modern, at the start of Kalinin Street near the Kremlin, with a gigantic block-long bookstack.

From Time Magazine Archive