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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