/ʃɛlf/
OriginFrom Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”).
- A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
“We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.”
“Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelv”
- The capacity of such an object
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
“This is where the Visual Studio Shelving function can help. A shelf is a place on the server in source control that is separate from the main code line so it will not affect other developers.”
“A shelveset allows you to store a changeset on the server without adding it to the current codebase and sharing it with team members directly. Each team member has his own “shelf,” where he can store ”
- A reef, sandbar, or shoal.
“But with a ſlaw ſuddein chauffing ſtorm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then ſootherne ſwaſhruter huffling / Flung vs on high ſhelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after.”
“The Marchant that returnes from ſome far forrain lands, / Eſcaping dreadfull rocks and dangerous ſhelfs and ſands, / When as he ſees his ſhip her home-hauen enter ſafe, / Will he repine at God, and as”
“Scopuloſo, full of rocks, ſhelfs, flats, or dangers by ſea.”
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1228).
- A hamlet in Coychurch Lower community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9380).
Formsshelves(plural) · shelfs(plural) · shelve(alternative)