shelf
/ʃɛlf/ noun A1- 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.
- The capacity of such an object · a shelf of videos
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
Plural shelves
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Matthew nodded over a _Farmers’ Advocate_ on the sofa and Anne at the table studied her lessons with grim determination, despite sundry wistful glances at the clock shelf, where lay a new book that Jane Andrews had lent her that day.
Anne turned her back on the clock shelf and tried to imagine it wasn’t there.
We have great big stones, all covered with moss, for seats, and boards from tree to tree for shelves.
Marilla worked fiercely and scrubbed the porch floor and the dairy shelves when she could find nothing else to do.
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