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shelflike

shelflike

5.3
Shaped like a flat ledge that sticks out from a surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃɛlˌlaɪk/
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  • He arranged the books on a shelflike structure, making it easy to access them.

Examples

  • The garden featured a shelflike ledge where several potted plants could be displayed.

  • The architect designed a shelflike balcony that jutted out over the garden.

  • She floated over to a shelflike, water-level protuberance and raised the lighter.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

ledged
vsshelflike
7.0

A surface with a small shelf or narrow edge to put things on

resembles that surface in shape but may not actually hold objects

How Shelf-Like

ledged
7.0
shelflike
5.3
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

shelflike positive

Morphology

shelflike = shelf (transparent) = shelf + like

The adjective is a straightforward formation from the noun 'shelf' with the productive suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Shelflike is built from the everyday word shelf ('a flat board for holding things') and the ending -like ('similar to'). So something shelflike is 'like a shelf' in shape or function, such as a ledge or a table that sticks out from a wall.