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
21 May 2025
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
