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1. (n.) shelf
a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
2. shelf
the contents of this:
a shelf of books.
3. shelf
a surface or projection resembling this; ledge.
4. shelf
a sandbank or submerged extent of rock in the sea or river.
5. shelf
the bedrock underlying an alluvial deposit or the like.
6. shelf
put aside temporarily; postponed.
7. shelf
inactive; useless.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME; OE scylfe; akin to MLG schelf shelf, ON -skjalf bench)
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| Definition of 'shelf' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shelf
a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
2. (noun) ledge, shelf
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
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1. (noun) shelf
a flat surface attached to a wall or in a piece of furniture for holding objects, books, etc.
The bowl is on the top shelf.; book shelves on the wall
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) shelf
a flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament
2. (verb) shelf
a sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships
3. (verb) shelf
a stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock
4. (verb) shelf
a piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads
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Sense: a board for laying things on
There are shelves on the kitchen walls.
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 Afrikaans: rak |
 Arabic: رَف |
 Bulgarian: полица |
 Brazilian: prateleira |
 Czech: police, polička, římsa |
 German: das Regal |
 Danish: hylde |
 Greek: ράφι |
 Spanish: estante |
 Estonian: riiul |
 Farsi: طاقچه ؛ قفسه |
 Finnish: hylly |
 French: étagère |
 Hebrew: מַדָף |
 Hindi: ताक |
 Croatian: polica |
 Hungarian: polc |
 Indonesian: rak |
 Icelandic: hilla |
 Italian: mensola |
 Japanese: 棚 |
 Korean: 선반 |
 Lithuanian: lentyna |
 Latvian: plaukts |
 Malay: para |
 Dutch: plank |
 Norwegian: hylle, avsats |
 Polish: półka |
 Persian: طاقچه ؛ قفسه |
 Pashto: تاخچه، رپ (رف)، طاق، كاند |
 Portuguese: prateleira |
 Romanian: etajeră, raft |
 Russian: полка |
 Slovak: polica |
 Slovenian: polica |
 Serbian: polica |
 Swedish: hylla |
 Thai: หิ้ง |
 Turkish: raf |
 Taiwanese: 架子 |
 Ukrainian: полиця |
 Urdu: دیوار میں جڑا تختہ جس پر |
 Vietnamese: giá |
 Chinese: 架子 |
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