shelf

[ʃelf]

Definition:
1. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
2. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.

Use 'shelf' in a sentence:

1. The house stands on a shelf of rock among pines.
2. They were busy stacking the shelves with goods.
3. He colours the shelf into orange.
4. I don't see any on the shelf.
5. He lined the bottles up along the shelf.
6. What colour is the shelf?
7. We improvised some shelves out of planks of wood and bricks.
8. He reached for a tin of tobacco on the shelf behind him.
9. There were shelves full of dusty books.
10. Theoretically, the price is supposed to be marked on the shelf.
11. He's useless at DIY. He won't even put up a shelf.
12. I bought this package off the shelf.
13. Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.
14. It is a shelf of books.
15. How about the shelf?
16. He bounces off the shelf.
17. I had screwed the shelf on the wall myself.
18. This dictionary goes on the top shelf.
19. The depth of the shelves is 30 centimetres.
20. I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.
21. There was a clutter of bottles and tubes on the shelf.
22. I like the blue shelf.
23. He moved the type shelf.
24. The book I wanted was on the top shelf.
25. Your book is on that shelf.
26. What is this shelf made?
27. I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom.
28. He needs to fix a type shelf.
29. It's right here on the shelf.
30. I screwed up the jar and put it back on the shelf.
31. Put the book back on the shelf.
32. She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf.
33. The vast is on the shelf.
34. Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.
35. Mature flour has a longer shelf life.
36. The shoes go on the shoe shelf.
37. Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office.
38. Glass and plastic objects lined the shelves.
39. The box sat unopened on the shelf.
40. Put it on the shelf above.
41. The shelves are easy to assemble.
42. He returned the album to its place on the shelf.
43. The shelf was full of the sort of books I like to read.
44. The books had been piled on the shelves in a haphazard fashion.
45. The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves early next year.
46. The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.
47. The shelf is about a metre long ─ well, 98cm, to be precise.
48. On a shelf beneath he spotted a photo album.
49. Jars of all shapes and sizes were arrayed on the shelves.
50. I looked along the shelves for the book I needed.
51. I can't reach the top shelf.
52. The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments.