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Shelf

SHELF, n. plu. shelves.
1. A platform of boards or planks, elevated above the floor, and fixed and set on a frame or contiguous to a wall, for holding vessels, utensils, books and the like.
2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow and dangerous to ships.
3. In mining, fast ground; the part of the internal structure of the earth which lies in an even regular form.
shelf appears in definitions for these words:
Bring Cupboard Place Put Reach Sconce Second Set Shallow Shambles Shelve Tack

 

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