Synonyms for shelf

Grammar : Noun

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Phonetic Transcription : ʃɛlf

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Définition of shelf

Origin : late 14c., from Middle Low German schelf "shelf, set of shelves," or from Old English cognate scylfe, which perhaps meant "shelf, ledge, floor," and scylf "peak, pinnacle," from Proto-Germanic *skelf- "split," possibly from the notion of a split piece of wood (cf. Old Norse skjölf "bench"), from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (see scale (n.1)).
Shelf life first recorded 1927. Phrase on the shelf "out of the way, inactive" is attested from 1570s; of unmarried women with no prospects from 1839. Off the shelf "ready-made" is from 1936. Meaning "ledge of rock" is from 1809, perhaps from or influenced by shelf (n.2). Related: Shelves.

noun jutting, flat area or piece

Example sentences :

I did not want to take it, so I put it on the shelf for Our Lady.
Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase

Three books from the end she noticed a difference in the wall behind the shelf.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

She took down the parcel from the shelf and undid the string.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

There was a shelf of books and another of blue and white cups and saucers and dishes.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I gave one more glance at the volume, and replaced it on the shelf.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

I held the sheet vertically on the shelf, perhaps four inches from the plate.
Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various

I'm simply a poor old man, worn out and only fit to be laid on the shelf.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

But it was too low; she felt the point, after a time, entering the shelf.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

At home and in the colonies, they are on every shelf between Shakespeare and the Bible.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley

He might even have wondered how the logs of that dugout had been hauled to the shelf on which it stood.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

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