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shelf
noun
-
shelf
,
shelves
a
flat
board
fixed
to
a
wall
or
inside
a
cupboard
where
you
put
things
so
they
are
stored
or
displayed
•
Emma
lined
up
her
cookbooks
neatly
on
the
kitchen
shelf
.
Emma
lined
up
her
cookbooks
neatly
on
the
kitchen
shelf
.
•
The
top
shelf
was
too
high
for
the
child
to
reach
.
The
top
shelf
was
too
high
for
the
child
to
reach
.
Old
English
"
scylfe
",
related
to
Old
Norse
"
skjalf
",
meaning
a
bench
or
ledge
,
later
extended
to
the
furniture
sense
.
noun
-
shelf
,
shelves
a
narrow
ledge
of
rock
,
ice
,
or
land
that
sticks
out
from
the
side
of
a
cliff
,
hill
,
or
other
surface
•
A
narrow
rock
shelf
jutted
out
over
the
canyon
,
giving
hikers
a
place
to
rest
.
A
narrow
rock
shelf
jutted
out
over
the
canyon
,
giving
hikers
a
place
to
rest
.
•
The
climber
carefully
edged
along
the
icy
shelf
.
The
climber
carefully
edged
along
the
icy
shelf
.
From
the
same
Old
English
root
as
the
furniture
sense
,
originally
meaning
'ledge'
.
noun
-
shelf
,
shelves
the
area
of
shallow
seabed
around
a
continent
that
slopes
gently
before
dropping
to
the
deep
ocean
floor
•
Many
oil
rigs
are
built
on
the
continental
shelf
because
the
water
is
shallow
.
Many
oil
rigs
are
built
on
the
continental
shelf
because
the
water
is
shallow
.
•
The
ship
left
the
shelf
and
entered
deeper
ocean
waters
.
The
ship
left
the
shelf
and
entered
deeper
ocean
waters
.
Applied
to
underwater
geography
in
the
late
19th
century
by
analogy
with
a
land
shelf
—
a
flat
supporting
ledge
.
