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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shelf /ʃɛlf/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. shelves /ʃɛlvz/USA pronunciation - a thin, flat slab of wood, metal, etc., attached horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects:a shelf with books.
- a surface like this, such as a ledge.
Idioms- Idioms off the shelf, [uncountable] kept in stock in a store:buying electronic parts off the shelf.
- Idioms on the shelf, [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shelf (shelf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. shelves (shelvz).USA pronunciation - a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- the contents of this:a shelf of books.
- a surface or projection resembling this;
ledge. - Place Names[Physical Geog.]
- a sandbank or submerged extent of rock in the sea or river.
- the bedrock underlying an alluvial deposit or the like.
- See continental shelf.
- Sport[Archery.]the upper part of the bow hand, on which the arrow rests.
- off the shelf, readily available from merchandise in stock:Any of those parts can be purchased off the shelf.
- on the shelf, [Informal.]
- put aside temporarily;
postponed. - inactive;
useless. - without prospects of marriage, as after having broken an engagement.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; Old English scylfe; akin to Low German schelf shelf, Old Norse -skjalf bench
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