shelf
/ʃɛlf/
noun
- A flat, horizontal board or surface attached to a wall or in a cabinet, used for holding or storing things.
- The top shelf is too high for me to reach without a stool.
- I need to buy a new shelf for my kitchen spices.
- She placed the books neatly on the shelf.
- A flat area of rock or ice, especially underwater or on a mountainside.
- Marine life is abundant along the edge of the ice shelf.
- The continental shelf extends far out into the ocean.
- We camped on a rocky shelf just below the summit.
- The state of being set aside or not used (usually in the phrase 'on the shelf').
- The project was put on the shelf due to lack of funding.
- After the injury, his athletic career was left on the shelf.
- Old ideas sometimes sit on the shelf until someone revives them.
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