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   shelf

   /ʃɛlf/

   noun

   • 1. a flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects. Similar ledgebracketsillrackbookshelfmantelshelfmantelpieceshelvingpredellaretable
   • 2. a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.
   • ▪ a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf. Similar sandbanksandbarbankbarreefshoal

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Low German schelf; related to Old Englishscylfe ‘partition’, scylf ‘crag’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shelf-ful noun
   • 2. shelflike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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