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- Dictionaryshelf/ʃɛlf/
noun
- 1. a flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects. Similar
- 2. a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.
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a long, flat board hung on a wall or supported by a frame or cabinet, used to hold objects: Her shelves are filled with books and photographs.
The meaning of SHELF is a thin flat usually long and narrow piece of material (such as wood) fastened horizontally (as on a wall) at a distance from the floor to hold objects. How to use shelf in a sentence.
Shelf definition: a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.. See examples of SHELF used in a sentence.
A shelf is a flat piece of wood, metal, or glass which is attached to a wall or to the sides of a cupboard. Shelves are used for keeping things on. He took a book from the shelf.
noun. /ʃelf/ (plural shelves. /ʃelvz/ ) Idioms. a flat board, made of wood, metal, glass, etc., fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard, bookcase, etc., for things to be placed on. I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom. on a shelf The book I wanted was on the top shelf. supermarket shelves. (North American English) store shelves.
1. a thin flat plank of wood, metal, etc, fixed horizontally against a wall, etc, for the purpose of supporting objects. 2. something resembling this in shape or function. 3. the objects placed on a shelf, regarded collectively: a shelf of books. 4. (Geological Science) a projecting layer of ice, rock, etc, on land or in the sea.
shelf. noun. /ʃɛlf/. (pl. shelves. /ʃɛlvz/. ) a flat board made of wood, metal, glass, etc., fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard, closet, bookcase, etc., for things to be placed on I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom.
