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
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
