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.