shelf

Speech parts

1. shelf - Noun

2. shelf - Verb

Meaning

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.

A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.

A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ledge platform rack shelving ridge cay shoal bank plateau reef sill support rest polk regimental
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Antonyms

basin blues channel hole collapse ditch
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Hypernyms

ridge support

Hyponyms

hob mantel mantle berm bookshelf mantelpiece

Phrases with the word

off the shelf on the shelf continental shelf law electronic shelf shelf company shelf mark

Derivatives

shelves

Anagrams

flesh

Examples

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. Bill Gates

People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. Ezra Pound

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself. Philip Larkin

There's a Bible on the shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire-poison and antidote. Bertrand Russell

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. Samuel Butler (novelist)

Close letter words and terms

shelduck Shelest Sheley shelf bra shelf bracket shelf break