shelf
(noun) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
ledge, shelf
(noun) a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shelf (plural shelves)
A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc, and used to support, store or display objects.
The capacity of such an object
A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
A reef, shoal or sandbar.
• (capacity): shelfful
• bookshelf
• chimney shelf
• continental shelf
• ice shelf
• parcel shelf
• sulfur shelf
• sulphur shelf
• Fehls, flesh
Source: Wiktionary
Shelf, n.; pl. Shelves. Etym: [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skjalf. In senses 2 & 3, perhaps a different word (cf. Shelve, v. i.).]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. On the tawny sands and shelves. Milton. On the secret shelves with fury cast. Dryden.
3. (Mining)
Definition: A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
4. (Naut.)
Definition: A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. D. Kemp. To lay on the shelf, to lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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