reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly
(adjective) full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; “reefy shallows”; “shoaly waters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shelfy (comparative more shelfy, superlative most shelfy)
(obsolete) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
(obsolete) Full of strata of rock.
• shelvy
• fleshy
Source: Wiktionary
Shelf"y, a.
1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." Dryden.
2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs.] The tillable fields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root. Carew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
