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n. A flat, usually rectangular structure composed of a rigid material, such as wood, glass, or metal, fixed at right angles to a wall or other vertical surface and used to hold or store objects.

n. The contents or capacity of such a structure.

n. Something, such as a projecting ledge of rock or a balcony, that resembles such a structure.

n. A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

n. Bedrock.

idiom. off the shelf From ready-made merchandise in stock: supplies that were available off the shelf.

idiom. on the shelf In a state of disuse.

idiom. on the shelf Unemployed.

idiom. on the shelf Out of circulation.

idiom. on the shelf Retired.

n. A flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects.

n. The capacity of such an object; as, a shelf of videos.

n. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

n. A reef, shoal or sandbar.

n. A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

n. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.

n. A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.

n. A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

n. A thin slab or plank, a piece of marble, slate, wood, or other material, generally long and narrow, fixed horizontally to a wall, and used for supporting small objects; in general, a narrow flat surface, horizontal or nearly so, and raised above a larger surface, as of a floor or the ground.

n. In ship-building, an inner timber, or line of timbers, following the sheer of the vessel, and bolted to the inner side of ribs, to strengthen the frame and sustain the deck-beams. See cut under beam, 3.

n. The charging-bed of a furnace.

n. In scissors, the bottom of the countersink which receives the head of the screw uniting the two blades

Same as shelve.

n. A rock, ledge of rocks, reef, or sand-bank in the sea, rendering the water shallow and dangerous to ships; a reef or shoal; a shallow spot.

n. A projecting layer or ledge of rock on land.

n. The bed-rock; the surface of the bed-rock; the rock first met with after removing or sinking through the superficial detritus.

n. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

n. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

ledge    continental shelf    cast on the shelf   

shelves   

bracket    gradin    gradine    desk    rotable    degree    shelfful   

Himself    delph    elf    herself    himself    hisself    itself    myself    oneself    ourself   

shelve    ledge    drawer    cupboard    bench    cabinet    desk    rack    floor    counter