Definition for Shelf:

• A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Synonyms for Shelf:

• adj.

  •shallow (adjective)
  • shelfer,
  • Depthless,
  • shallower,
  • shoaler.

• n.

  •
  • aftermarket,
  • direct marketing,
  • buyer's market,
  • mantle,
  • shoal,
  • churn rate,
  • cold call,
  • cross-selling,
  • call,
  • detail,
  • credit rating,
  • shallow,
  • customer care,
  • ridge.
  •
  • leg,
  • foot,
  • counter,
  • runner,
  • leaf.
  •
  • sandbank.
  •artifact (noun)
  • shelf.
  •bench (noun)
  • work tables.
  •buffet (noun)
  • lunch wagons,
  • cold tables,
  • salad bars.
  •container (noun)
  • 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.
  •cupboard (noun)
  • sideboard,
  • chiffonnier,
  • safe,
  • bureau,
  • kitchen cabinet,
  • Lowboy,
  • davenport,
  • desk,
  • chest of drawers,
  • dresser,
  • highboy,
  • escritoire,
  • commode.
  •jutting, flat area or piece (noun)
  • ledge,
  • bracket,
  • bank,
  • mantelpiece,
  • console.
  •projection (noun)
  • out-thrust,
  • ex tension,
  • out thrusts,
  • ex-tensions,
  • ex-tension,
  • outthrusts,
  • out-thrusts,
  • out thrust.
  •rack (noun)
  • arbores.
  •rest (noun)
  • pediment.
  •rock (noun)
  • PEBBLES,
  • boulders,
  • minerals,
  • crags,
  • mineral,
  • boulder,
  • cobblestones,
  • pebble,
  • cobblestone,
  • crag,
  • lava.
  •shelf (noun)
  • mantel.
  •slope (noun)
  • de-flection,
  • de scent,
  • de-scent,
  • obliquenesses,
  • in cline,
  • steepnesses,
  • de-flections,
  • de flections,
  • in-clines,
  • de-scents,
  • in-cline,
  • rising grounds,
  • de flection,
  • de scents,
  • in clines.

• v.

  •defer, postpone (verb)
  • hang up,
  • table,
  • stay,
  • mothball,
  • give up,
  • put off,
  • delay,
  • put aside,
  • drop,
  • slow up,
  • prorogue,
  • dismiss,
  • put on hold,
  • prolong,
  • freeze,
  • hold,
  • pigeonhole,
  • hold off,
  • suspend,
  • put on back burner,
  • hold up,
  • scrub,
  • put on ice,
  • hold over,
  • tie up,
  • sideline,
  • lay aside,
  • waive.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sand bar,
  • castor,
  • coral reef,
  • reef,
  • cay,
  • the seabed,
  • oyster bed,
  • the seafloor,
  • caster.
  •
  • slough.
  •
  • top.
  •
  • head.
  •cash register
  • till.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Shelf:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bookshelf.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    plateau.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Plateaux, Plateaus, dresser, ledge, barrier, plate, landslide, duration, warehousing, shell.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    platforms, continental.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    shelf-life, Shelving, platter, drawer, plateau, closet, turntable, mower, bookcase, cliff, cupboard, dish, pantry.

Antonyms for Shelf:

• v.

  • defer, postpone
    go ahead, DO, advance, continue, carry out, go.

Shelf Sentence Examples:

• He glided along a shelf of rocks toward the little island, and mounted the tree.

• The battery was on a shelf.

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.

  • artifact
    chest, bureau, closet, grocery store, dresser, sideboard, chest of drawers, buffet, grocery, counter, food market, market, bookcase, cabinet, etagere.

Hypernym for Shelf:

• n.

  • artifact
    mantle, bookshelf, mantelpiece, hob, chimneypiece, overmantel, mantlepiece, mantel.

Hyponym for Shelf:

• n.

  • artifact
    support.