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shelf
[shelf]
noun
plural
shelvesa thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
the contents of this.
a shelf of books.
a surface or projection resembling this; ledge.
Physical Geography.
a sandbank or submerged extent of rock in the sea or river.
the bedrock underlying an alluvial deposit or the like.
Archery.the upper part of the bow hand, on which the arrow rests.
shelf
/ ʃɛ /
noun
a thin flat plank of wood, metal, etc, fixed horizontally against a wall, etc, for the purpose of supporting objects
something resembling this in shape or function
the objects placed on a shelf, regarded collectively
a shelf of books
a projecting layer of ice, rock, etc, on land or in the sea See also continental shelf
mining a layer of bedrock hit when sinking a shaft
archery the part of the hand on which an arrow rests when the bow is grasped
See off the shelf
put aside or abandoned: used esp of unmarried women considered to be past the age of marriage
verb
slang(tr) to inform upon
shelf
Other 51Թ Forms
- shelflike adjective
- ˈˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shelf1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shelf1
Idioms and Phrases
off the shelf, readily available from merchandise in stock.
Any of those parts can be purchased off the shelf.
on the shelf,
put aside temporarily; postponed.
inactive; useless.
without prospects of marriage, as after having broken an engagement.
Example Sentences
‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new novel and Molly Jong-Fast’s memoir about her famous mother are among the notable books hitting shelves this month.
When it comes to food, higher energy costs can lead to higher prices on the shelf in many ways.
"There's so many charities out there who are trying to get funding, so there's a lot of competition to get money and our shelves are empty week on week," Ms Haddon said.
That gave stores more than seven months to get rid of the disposable vapes they still had in stockrooms and on the shelves before the ban came into force in June.
He credits his company's system of delivering frozen dough to franchises around the world for improving efficiency and extending shelf life.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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