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noun. A flat, usually rectangular structure composed of a rigid material, such as wood, glass, or metal, fixed at right angles to a wall or other vertical surface and used to hold or store objects.

noun. The contents or capacity of such a structure.

noun. Something, such as a projecting ledge of rock or a balcony, that resembles such a structure.

noun. A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

noun. Bedrock.

idiom. (off the shelf) From ready-made merchandise in stock.

idiom. (on the shelf) In a state of disuse or inactivity.

idiom. (on the shelf) Out of consideration.

Same as shelve.

noun. A rock, ledge of rocks, reef, or sand-bank in the sea, rendering the water shallow and dangerous to ships; a reef or shoal; a shallow spot.

noun. A projecting layer or ledge of rock on land.

noun. The bed-rock; the surface of the bed-rock; the rock first met with after removing or sinking through the superficial detritus.

noun. A thin slab or plank, a piece of marble, slate, wood, or other material, generally long and narrow, fixed horizontally to a wall, and used for supporting small objects; in general, a narrow flat surface, horizontal or nearly so, and raised above a larger surface, as of a floor or the ground.

noun. In ship-building, an inner timber, or line of timbers, following the sheer of the vessel, and bolted to the inner side of ribs, to strengthen the frame and sustain the deck-beams. See cut under beam, 3.

noun. The charging-bed of a furnace.

noun. In scissors, the bottom of the countersink which receives the head of the screw uniting the two blades

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

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

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

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

noun. to lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard.

noun. A flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects.

noun. The capacity of such an object; as, a shelf of videos.

noun. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

noun. A reef, shoal or sandbar.

noun. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

noun. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

"_Shaab-al-Yadayn_, it is to be noted that it is a great shelf far to seaward of the northern end of the great bay, all of it above water, like two extended arms with their hands wide open, whence its Arabic name which signifies _shelf of the hands_."

cast on the shelf  continental shelf  ledge  

Himself  delph  elf  herself  himself  

bed  bench  cabinet  ceil  couch  

archives  armory  arsenal  attic  band  

shelves