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shelf

/ʃɛlf/noun1 syllable

Shelf means: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.

Synonyms for shelf1

noun, as in a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

What does shelf mean?2

noun

1

a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

2

a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shelf?8

one syllable

two syllables

myselfyourselfhimselfitselfherselfoneself
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Shelf in a sentence

  • As subduction occurs below the continental shelf, earthquakes become more likely.TingBuDong
  • Please look in the cabinet, the top shelf.Sprakify
  • Later, she put the stone onto a shelf.Sprakify
  • Clear off the shelf, and you can put your books there.CK
  • When you're done with a book, place it back on the shelf.Amastan
  • After he bumped into the shelf, the priceless china fell and shattered into fragments.unknown
  • I stood on tiptoe, but couldn't reach the shelf.carlosalberto
  • Keiko bought a new shelf, on which she put her dolls.unknown

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Forms of shelf

as a noun

plural
shelves