shelf
Noun
- A flat, rigid surface, often attached to a wall, for holding items.
- a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
- A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
- The capacity of such an object
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
- A reef, sandbar, or shoal.
Verb
- Alternative form of shelve.
- Alternative form of shelve.
Examples
- a shelf of videos
- His Words With Friends strategy was placed on a SHELF when a better opportunity arose.
- We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”).
Scrabble Score: 11
shelf: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshelf: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shelf: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
shelf: valid Words With Friends Word