Shelf
[ʃelf] or [ʃɛlf]
Definition
(noun.) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
Edited by Denny--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
(v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
(v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
(v. i.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ledge.[2]. Shoal, shallow.
Typed by Eugenia
Definition
n. a board fixed on a wall &c. for laying things on: a flat layer of rock: a ledge: a shoal: a sandbank:—pl. Shelves (shelvz).—adj. Shelf′y.—Put Lay on the Shelf to put aside from duty or service.
Typist: Marcus
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see empty shelves in dreams, indicates losses and consequent gloom. Full shelves, augurs happy contentment through the fulfillment of hope and exertions. See Store.
Typed by Jewel
Examples
- I said, 'Can you, at your time of life, be so headstrong, my friend, as to persist that an arm-chair is a thing to put upon a shelf and look at? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I took a candle and went softly in to fetch it from its shelf. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The top shelf in the right-hand corner--oh! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I looked round, and there was the tin box on the shelf. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Upon a shelf in an open cupboard were a plate or two, a cup or two, and so forth, but all dry and empty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The battery was on a shelf. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I found it in the little black tea-pot, on the top shelf o' the bar closet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When you come in here of an evening, and look round you, and notice anything on a shelf that happens to catch your fancy, mention it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fill the trough with water until the shelf is just covered and allow the end of the delivery tube to rest just beneath the hole in the shelf. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He understood that his own eyes must be unbearable, and turning away, rested his elbows on the mantel-shelf and covered his face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My kitchen is on this floor,' he said; 'you'll find brown paper in a dresser-drawer there, and a bottle of vinegar on a shelf. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The tidy basket, with the bit of work she left unfinished when the needle grew 'so heavy', was still on its accustomed shelf. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr Wegg, less interested than he had been, glanced at one particular shelf in the dark. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Quickly he ran to the cupboard and searched in the far recess of the lower shelf. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The scene is the Vestry-room of St James's Church, with a number of leathery old registers on shelves, that might be bound in Lady Tippinses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and not truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There were a couple of shelves, with a few plates and cups and saucers; and a pair of stage shoes and a couple of foils hung beneath them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There were light boxes on shelves in the counting-house, and strings of mock beads hanging up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This is a large oven containing shelves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Seeds which remain on our shelves do not germinate, but those which are planted in the soil do; so it is with the yeast plants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Around the room, on shelves, are hundreds of bottles each containing a small quantity of nickel hydrate made in as many different ways, each labelled correspondingly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If their house was shabby, it was exquisitely kept; if there were good books on the shelves there were also good dishes on the table. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He keeps them on shelves over his head, and will weigh them all. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Beth was there, laying the snowy piles smoothly on the shelves and exulting over the goodly array. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Rush-bottomed arm-chairs faced each other across the tiled hearth, and rows of Delft plates stood on shelves against the walls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The book-shelves did not afford much resource. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A table and some shelves were covered with manuscript papers and with worn pens and a medley of such tokens. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And your books too, turning his eyes round the room, mounting up, on their shelves, by hundreds! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Range the books upon the shelves, Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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