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Definitions of shelf

1. A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament. Webster Dictionary DB

2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. Webster Dictionary DB

3. A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock. Webster Dictionary DB

4. A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. Webster Dictionary DB

5. A flat ledge or board, usually long and narrow and set horizontally into a wall, for holding things; a flat ledge of rock. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

6. A board fixed on a wall, etc., for laying things on: a flat layer of rock: a ledge: a shoal: a sandbank:-pl. SHELVES (shelvz). The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

7. A board or slab set horizontally into or against a wall. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

8. A flat projecting ledge of rock; a reef; shoal. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

9. SHELFY. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

Usage examples for shelf

1. They've plenty of bread on the shelf – Paris From the "Three Cities" by Emile Zola

2. I do not mean merely that he should keep his hat in the hall, and his book on the shelf – Mushrooms on the Moor by Frank Boreham