shelf
- noun
- A1
- Top 3000
A long flat board fixed to a wall or built into a piece of furniture, used for keeping things on.
Can you reach the jam on the top shelf?
He fixed a long wooden shelf above the radiator.
The bottom shelf holds all my old school textbooks.
Dust had settled on the empty shelves in the hallway.
Common collocations: top shelf · bottom shelf · put something on a shelf · a shelf full of books · wooden shelf
Part of: Furniture, Rooms, Shops and shopping
Forms
- plural
- shelves