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
- 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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