Synonym: ledge. Similar words: self-, itself, welfare, himself, in itself, of itself, by itself, by yourself. Meaning: [ʃelf] 
n. 1. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects 2. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
n. 1. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects 2. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water. 
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181 The querulous old man refused to be put on the shelf.
182 Can you see where the grammar books are? The dictionaries are on the shelf directly opposite.
183 I hit my head on the shelf as I was standing up.
184 The shelf is beginning to yield under that heavy weight.
185 It's often cheaper if you buy wallpaper off the shelf, rather than having to order it.
186 If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it'll tip up.
187 She carefully returned the book to its place on the shelf.
188 When a girl grows up, she puts childish habits on the shelf.
189 Leave the wine on a shelf for a week to settle it.
190 He took a bag from a shelf behind some curtains.
191 There are fifteen books on the first shelf, twenty-one on the second,[http://sentencedict.com/shelf.html] that makes thirty-six in all.
192 The right place for the bowl is on the shelf.
193 You may as well take these books - they're just gathering dust on the shelf.
194 I smacked my head on the corner of the shelf.
195 I don't think the shelf will take any more books.
196 Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. Samuel Butler 
More similar words: self-, itself, welfare, himself, in itself, of itself, by itself, by yourself, by himself, self-esteem, help, shell, hello, shelter, helmet, helpful, cannot help, to the life, nonetheless, and the like, in the least, to the limit, overwhelm, helicopter, take the lead, in the long run, not in the least, nevertheless, The last rites, with the help of.