Shelf

  • 11Shelf — A shelf is a detail of furniture for storing items.It may also refer to:* Shelf (computing), a user interface feature in the NeXTSTEP operating system * Shelf, West Yorkshire, a village in England * Continental shelf, the extended perimeter of a… …

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  • 12shelf — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ deep ▪ bottom, middle, top ▪ He took a book down from the top shelf …

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  • 13shelf — [[t]ʃe̱lf[/t]] shelves 1) N COUNT A shelf is a flat piece of wood, metal, or glass which is attached to a wall or to the sides of a cupboard. Shelves are used for keeping things on. He took a book from the shelf. ...the middle shelf of the oven.… …

    English dictionary

  • 14shelf — shelflike, adj. /shelf/, n., pl. shelves /shelvz/. 1. a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects. 2. the contents of this: a shelf of books. 3. a surface or projection resembling this;… …

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  • 15shelf — shelf1 noun (plural shelves) 1》 a flat length of wood or rigid material attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, providing a surface for the storage or display of objects. 2》 a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.     ↘a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 16shelf */*/ — UK [ʃelf] / US noun [countable] Word forms shelf : singular shelf plural shelves UK [ʃelvz] / US 1) a) a flat piece of wood, plastic, or glass that is attached to the wall or is part of a piece of furniture, used for putting things on He took a… …

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  • 17shelf — n. 1) to build, put up a shelf 2) adjustable; built in shelves 3) a continental shelf 4) (misc.) on the shelf ( no longer in demand ); to stock shelves with supplies * * * [ʃelf] builtin shelves put up a shelf to stock shelves with supplies a… …

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  • 18shelf — /Self/ noun plural shelves /Selvz/ 1 (C) a long flat narrow board fixed onto a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things on or storing things on: Put it back on the top shelf. | shelves of books | supermarket shelves 2 (C) a narrow… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19shelf — [[t]ʃɛlf[/t]] n. pl. shelves (shelvz). 1) a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects 2) the contents of this: a shelf of books[/ex] 3) a surface or projection resembling this; ledge 4) geo …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20shelf — 1. n. (pl. shelves) 1 a a thin flat piece of wood or metal etc. projecting from a wall, or as part of a unit, used to support books etc. b a flat topped recess in a wall etc. used for supporting objects. 2 a a projecting horizontal ledge in a… …

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