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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  shelf
       
          A public library of classes for the Eiffel language.
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Shelf \Shelf\, n.; pl. Shelves. [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS.
     scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skj[=a]lf. In senses 2 & 3,
     perhaps a different word (cf. Shelve, v. i.).]
     1. (Arch.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set
        horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects
        of use or ornament.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks,
        rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              On the tawny sands and shelves.       --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              On the secret shelves with fury cast. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mining) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat,
        projecting layer of rock.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Naut.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a
        vessel inside the timberheads. --D. Kemp.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To lay on the shelf, to lay aside as unnecessary or
        useless; to dismiss; to discard.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Shelf \Shelf\, n.; pl. Shelves. [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS.
     scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skj[=a]lf. In senses 2 & 3,
     perhaps a different word (cf. Shelve, v. i.).]
     1. (Arch.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set
        horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects
        of use or ornament.
  
     2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks,
        rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
  
              On the tawny sands and shelves.       --Milton.
  
              On the secret shelves with fury cast. --Dryden.
  
     3. (Mining) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat,
        projecting layer of rock.
  
     4. (Naut.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a
        vessel inside the timberheads. --D. Kemp.
  
     To lay on the shelf, to lay aside as unnecessary or
        useless; to dismiss; to discard.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  shelf
       n 1: a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding
            objects
       2: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
          [syn: ledge]
       [also: shelves (pl)]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     Αγγλικά n.
     ράφι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     n.
     A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a
  part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display
  objects.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     n.
     A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a
  part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display
  objects.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     n.
     A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a
  part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display
  objects.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     n.
     A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a
  part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display
  objects.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     Englanti n.
     1 hylly
     2 kieleke

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     n.
     kontinentalsockel

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Shelf
     Tyska n.
     shelf, kontinentalsockel

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  shelf
     n.
     kontinentalsockel

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  rakkie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  الرفّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  shelf //ʃɛlf// 
  1. шелф
  reef, shoal, sandbar
  2. рафт, етаже́рка, по́лица
  structure

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  mořské dno

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/ 
  police

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  šelf

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/ 
  polička

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/ 
  silff 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  Brett , Bord 
   see: shelves
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  Felsenriff , Felsenbank , Felsbank  [geol.]
           Note: unter Wasser
           Note: under water

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  Felsterrasse , Felsbank , Gesims  [geol.]
     Synonyms: ledge of rock, ledge, rock shelf
  
   see: ledges, rock shelves, shelves, party ledge
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  Rahmengestell , Rahmen  [telco.]
     Synonym: rack
  
   see: racks, shelves
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  Regalbrett , Regal  [ugs.] , Schaft  [Schw.]
   see: shelves
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  Schelf  [geol.]

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  
  ράφι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  shelf //ʃɛlf// 
  hylly
  structure

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  shelf /ʃelf/
  étagère, planche, tablette, rayon, rayon de rangement

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/ 
  1. शेल्फ़
        "He piled up his book in the shelf."
  2. रेती, सैकत
        "The boat got struck on the rocky shelf."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  greben, izbočina, nosač, polica, skladištenje, sprud

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  shelf //ʃɛlf// 
  rak
  structure

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  asse

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  shelf //ʃɛlf// 
  棚
  structure

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  shelf /ʃelf/
  1. lentyna
  2. pakopa, iškyšulys, rifas

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  shelf /ʃelf/
  plank, schap

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  shelf /ʃelf/ 
    półka

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  shelf /ʃelf/
  prateleira

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  shelf /ʃelf/
  tabla

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  shelf //ʃɛlf// 
  1. bank, kontinentalsockel, sandbank
  reef, shoal, sandbar
  2. hylla
  structure

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shelf /ʃˈɛlf/
  1. (çoğ.) shelves) raf
  2. (coğr.) şelf
  3. denizde sığlık
  4. (mad.) kaya tabakası. on the shelf yedeğe çekilmiş, rafa kaldırılmış. shelf'y  raflarla dolu
  5. sığlık.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  shelf
  shelf

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  shelf /sxˈɛlf/ 
  Kontinentalsockel, Shelf
  kontinentalsockel

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃɛɫf/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "shelf":
     archives, armory, arsenal, attic, band, bank, bar, basement, bay,
     beam-end, bed, bedding, belt, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box,
     bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory,
     coral reef, corbel, couche, course, crate, crib, cupboard, deck,
     depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, flat, floor,
     ford, gallery, glory hole, godown, gradin, gradino, hob, hold,
     hutch, layer, ledge, level, library, locker, lumber room,
     lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mantel, mantelshelf, measures,
     overlayer, overstory, predella, rack, reef, repertory, repository,
     reservoir, retable, rick, sandbank, sandbar, seam, shallow,
     shallows, shoal, shoal water, shoulder, stack, stack room, stage,
     step, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, story,
     stratum, substratum, superaltar, superstratum, supply base,
     supply depot, tank, thickness, tidal flats, tier, topsoil,
     treasure house, treasure room, treasury, underlayer, understory,
     understratum, vat, vault, warehouse, wetlands, wine cellar, zone
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 架,悬崖崖路;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 架子,搁架

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