open shelf
noun
A shelf that is not in a closed or private room; specifically a bookshelf in a library which is directly accessible to readers; frequently attributive or as adjective.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), novelist and educationist.
- Workington
- working top
- working tun
- working visa
- working voltage
- working week
- working weekday
- working woman
- working year
- work in progress
- work lead
- workless
- worklessness
- work life
- work/life
- work-life balance
- work-like
- work like a charm
- work like a Trojan (or Trojans)
- workload
- work-loom
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanly
- workman's club