Shelf

Noun

 * 1) A flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects.
 * 2) The capacity of such an object; as, a shelf of videos.
 * 3) A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
 * 4) A reef, shoal or sandbar.

Synonyms

 * shelfful

Related terms

 * shelve

Derived terms

 * continental shelf
 * off the shelf
 * on the shelf
 * shelfful
 * shelvy

Adjectives for Shelf
crowded; empty;  pendent;  continental;hanging; china.

Verbs for Shelf
adhere to—; bolster—; brace—; deplete—; deposit on—; dislodge from—; disorder on—; elevate—; hoist to—; incline—; lodge on—; prop—; recline on—; replenish—; repose on—; suspend from —facilitates;—rocks; —slopes; —sustains; —totters; — supports.

Thesaurus
archives, armory, arsenal, attic, band, bank, bar, basement, bay, beam-end, bed, bedding, belt, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, coral reef, corbel, couche, course, crate, crib, cupboard, deck, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, flat, floor, ford, gallery, glory hole, godown, gradin, gradino, hob, hold, hutch, layer, ledge, level, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mantel, mantelshelf, measures, overlayer, overstory, predella, rack, reef, repertory, repository, reservoir, retable, rick, sandbank, sandbar, seam, shallow, shallows, shoal, shoal water, shoulder, stack, stack room, stage, step, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, story, stratum, substratum, superaltar, superstratum, supply base, supply depot, tank, thickness, tidal flats, tier, topsoil, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, underlayer, understory, understratum, vat, vault, warehouse, wetlands, wine cellar, zone

Etymology
Probably from scylfe:; distantly related to sculpt:, carve: and shell:.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (raff)
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese: 架子 (jiàzi)
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hylde
 * Dutch: schap, rek , plank , legplank
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Brett, Einlegeboden, Regal
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , ripiano
 * Japanese: 棚 (たな, tana)


 * Korean: 선반 (seonban)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: полица
 * Roman: polica
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: అర (ara)
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * French: ,


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Croatian: pličina


 * Spanish: arrecife, banco, cordón


 * : asse
 * : tabla, balda , anaquel


 * : silff

Anagrams

 * flesh