What is another word for shelf?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈɛlf], [ ʃˈɛlf], [ ʃ_ˈɛ_l_f]
Related words: wall shelf, shelf life, building a shelf, floating shelf, kitchen shelf, toy shelf, bookshelf, shelves for sale, ikea shelves
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Similar words for shelf:
- shallow (adjective)
- artifact (noun)
- bench (noun)
- buffet (noun)
- container (noun)
- cupboard (noun)
- jutting, flat area or piece (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- projection (noun)
- rack (noun)
- rest (noun)
- rock (noun)
- shelf (noun)
- slope (noun)
- defer, postpone (verb)
- other synonyms
- cash register
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shelf:
adj.
• shallow (adjective)n.
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- aftermarket,
- direct marketing,
- buyer's market,
- mantle,
- shoal,
- churn rate,
- cold call,
- cross-selling,
- call,
- detail,
- credit rating,
- shallow,
- customer care,
- ridge.
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- sandbank.
- reservoir,
- basket,
- jar,
- pocket,
- trunk,
- drum,
- tray,
- case,
- stomach,
- wallet,
- cupboard,
- drawer,
- chest,
- bladder,
- decanter,
- vault,
- crate,
- locker,
- suitcase,
- belly,
- purse,
- bag,
- closet,
- cask,
- receptacle,
- can,
- cabinet,
- tank,
- holder,
- flask,
- bin,
- box,
- repository,
- bottle,
- sack,
- pouch,
- barrel,
- storage,
- jug,
- container,
- ladle,
- vat,
- bucket,
- cup,
- bowl.
- sideboard,
- chiffonnier,
- safe,
- bureau,
- kitchen cabinet,
- Lowboy,
- davenport,
- desk,
- chest of drawers,
- dresser,
- highboy,
- escritoire,
- commode.
- ledge,
- bracket,
- bank,
- mantelpiece,
- console.
- Obliquities,
- outthrust,
- sills,
- swag,
- rising ground,
- bench,
- ramp,
- workbench,
- lunch wagon,
- deflection,
- workbenches,
- cold table,
- deflections,
- rest,
- obliquity,
- sill,
- projection,
- rock,
- arbors,
- steepness,
- salad bar,
- work table,
- slope,
- obliqueness,
- diagonals,
- buffet,
- perch,
- arbor,
- rack.
v.
• defer, postpone (verb)Other synonyms:
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- sand bar,
- castor,
- coral reef,
- reef,
- cay,
- the seabed,
- oyster bed,
- the seafloor,
- caster.
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- slough.
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- top.
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- head.
- till.
- corbel,
- ship,
- flange,
- Superaltar,
- basement,
- produce,
- sandbar,
- depot,
- stratum,
- understory,
- resign,
- lee shore,
- magazine,
- helpless,
- course,
- snags,
- prop,
- library,
- forbear,
- glory hole,
- brace,
- continental slope,
- flat,
- reconstruct,
- create,
- assemble,
- bight,
- Indraught,
- substratum,
- shattered,
- part with,
- treasure room,
- belt,
- overlayer,
- in difficulty,
- attic,
- kyles,
- keep back,
- renounce,
- clotheshorse,
- hatrack,
- lay down,
- sands,
- repertory,
- record,
- protuberance,
- storehouse,
- mouth,
- firth,
- disuse,
- formulate,
- Overstory,
- slab,
- compose,
- paralytic,
- thickness,
- lagune,
- give away,
- imbecile,
- yield,
- palsied,
- forego,
- wine cellar,
- stage,
- floor,
- prop up,
- contrive,
- overhang,
- gallery,
- hob,
- cliff,
- fatherless,
- Retable,
- neglect,
- fiord,
- invent,
- leave off,
- trestle,
- warehouse,
- graveled,
- lie by,
- Syrtis,
- stock room,
- weave,
- out of gear,
- magasin,
- set up,
- originate,
- Underlayer,
- treasury,
- Gradino,
- SHOALS,
- level,
- companion,
- exchequer,
- exhausted,
- store,
- bar,
- depository,
- Gulph,
- chimneypiece,
- ostiary,
- wetlands,
- seam,
- emasculate,
- put away,
- stack,
- estuary,
- dispense with,
- easel,
- conservatory,
- platform,
- armory,
- inlet,
- disjointed,
- constitute,
- support,
- Water-logged,
- storeroom,
- lumber room,
- make away with,
- Narrows,
- represent,
- fabricate,
- abstain,
- archives,
- build,
- let go,
- lumberyard,
- spare,
- shelve,
- paralyzed,
- step,
- parts,
- unnerved,
- have done with,
- roads,
- tier,
- quicksands,
- bay,
- let slip,
- Trevet,
- gut,
- protrusion,
- breakers ahead,
- creek,
- topsoil,
- slug,
- dispose of,
- layer,
- arsenal,
- frame,
- lie to,
- godown,
- unhinged,
- reefs,
- board,
- bulge,
- zone,
- Gradin,
- Teapoy,
- crib,
- relinquish,
- do without,
- bed,
- band,
- rocks,
- breakers,
- Frith,
- bunker,
- story,
- bonded warehouse,
- discard,
- Understratum,
- Lustless,
- ford,
- eject,
- gulf,
- bedding,
- Predella,
- Pithless,
- strait,
- reconcile,
- bayou,
- out of joint,
- sound,
- shoulder,
- nerveless,
- make,
- bookshelf,
- dock,
- deck,
- maroon,
- Unfriended,
- shallows,
- dump,
- demoralized,
- Syrt,
- Superstratum,
- keep quiet,
- Mantelshelf,
- devise,
- construct,
- Shelves,
- lagoon,
- not touch,
- mantlepiece,
- shallow water,
- rick,
- settle,
- armlet,
- buttery,
- plank,
- rudderless,
- lie fallow,
- Measures,
- Marrowless,
- reserve,
- not use,
- horse,
- give warning,
- expropriate,
- abandon,
- Couche,
- supersede,
- done up,
- concoct,
- erect,
- cove,
- bookcase,
- cede,
- hutch,
- hors de combat,
- cellar,
- Sinewless,
- hump,
- printing plate,
- trivet,
- cargo dock,
- surrender.
How to use "Shelf" in context?
A shelf is an often drab wall or vertical surface made from a length of wood, metal, or plastic, used to store objects. Shelves can be used to display items, to organize collections, or to store excess items. Shelves are often placed in a specific location, such as a cupboard, to optimize space.
Paraphrases for Shelf:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
bookshelf.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
plateau.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
continental, platforms.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Shelf:
- sillabub, silva, seal off, sea wolf, slavey, scalp, salve, sick leave, sulfa, sleep, self, school phobia, saliva, sleeve, slub, sclaff, swell up, slop, slab, scale leaf, shelvy, sexual love, salvia, ski slope, silvia, solfa, schlep, soil pipe, salvo, scale up, slip away, slippy, slip, slap, slaphappy, swallow up, slow up, sleep off, shelve, shlep, syllabify, solvay, slip up, sulpha, selloff, slip-up, sell up, slipway, slip off, slave, sell off, sea scallop, sylph, syllabub, salpa, slav, scallop, scollop, shelfy, sloppy, solve, slope, skylab, slap-up, sleepy, social phobia, slip by, salp, selva, schoolboy, sylva, sloop, slob.
Holonyms for Shelf:
n.
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artifact
chest, bureau, closet, grocery store, dresser, sideboard, chest of drawers, buffet, grocery, counter, food market, market, bookcase, cabinet, etagere.
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artifact
Hypernym for Shelf:
n.
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artifact
mantle, bookshelf, mantelpiece, hob, chimneypiece, overmantel, mantlepiece, mantel.
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artifact
Hyponym for Shelf:
n.
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artifact
support.
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artifact
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