shelf
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- noun
- /ʃɛlf/
- The kitchen shelf was filled with spices and cooking utensils.
- books on shelves
- library shelves
- shelf space
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Watch on YouTubeYou go to my shelf in the foyer.
- You go to my shelf in the foyer.
- I have books on my shelf at my bedside.
- Go take a look on a shelf next to a book.
- It's not something you have on the shelf for some doomsday war.
- But it isn't just that rear shelf that's huge back here.
- Into a a shelf with a door on it.
- When I went back to look, I saw that the shelf had collapsed.
Examples
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OK, so this is what the shelf looks like.
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I have books on my shelf at my bedside.
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The one with the product on the shelf in the store is first.
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And then we also got a little shelf over here similar.
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How much more shelf space is left?
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The building currently provides shelf space for 1.4 million volumes and seating capacity for 1,300 people.
Academic text (2012) -
She'll be working the register and stocking the shelves.
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Vanessa can have her own bathroom, and you can have your own walk-in closet with a shelf just for your shoes.
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Another time-saving change was creating a shelf in the learning commons that would house textbooks for all courses.
Academic text (2013) -
All of these tables have shelves and stacks and stacks of books.
Synonyms
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A shelf attached to a wall or part of a bookcase for holding books
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A shelf above a fireplace for showing clocks or photos
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A small table fixed to a wall for holding things
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A shelf above a fireplace where people put clocks or photos
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A shelf above a fireplace that holds photos or candles
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A narrow shelf fixed to a wall for showing plates and small decorations
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A shelf or stand that holds books
Idioms
Compounds
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A shallow part of the sea next to a continent, usually less than 200 meters deep
- UK
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A large area of ice attached to land that sticks out over the sea, often near the poles
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Etymology
The word shelf comes from an old word scelf meaning a 'ledge' or 'thin piece of wood', like a flat board you can put things on. That's why a shelf is a flat board fixed to a wall or frame to hold objects.