Definition for Shelf:

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

Synonyms for Shelf:

• n.

  •
  • shallow,
  • ridge,
  • mantle,
  • shoal.
  •
  • counter,
  • leaf.
  •
  • sandbank.
  •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.
  •shelf (noun)
  • mantel.

• v.

  •defer, postpone (verb)
  • table,
  • drop,
  • hold,
  • pigeonhole,
  • give up,
  • waive,
  • lay aside,
  • put aside,
  • dismiss.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • reef,
  • cay,
  • castor,
  • sand bar,
  • coral reef.
  •
  • top.
  •cash register
  • till.
  •Other relevant words:
  • yield,
  • SHOALS,
  • protrusion,
  • stock room,
  • crib,
  • originate,
  • Lustless,
  • keep quiet,
  • dispose of,
  • give warning,
  • band,
  • build,
  • lie fallow,
  • gulf,
  • out of joint,
  • make away with,
  • Measures,
  • concoct,
  • brace,
  • continental slope,
  • dock,
  • chimneypiece,
  • create,
  • buttery,
  • firth,
  • shoulder,
  • plank,
  • armlet,
  • imbecile,
  • fatherless,
  • prop up,
  • cove,
  • cliff,
  • helpless,
  • estuary,
  • sound,
  • overhang,
  • Superstratum,
  • renounce,
  • contrive,
  • erect,
  • forbear,
  • nerveless,
  • rick,
  • archives,
  • hatrack,
  • layer,
  • ship,
  • put away,
  • make,
  • Overstory,
  • bay,
  • trestle,
  • construct,
  • overlayer,
  • belt,
  • stack,
  • compose,
  • substratum,
  • platform,
  • attic,
  • inlet,
  • companion,
  • not use,
  • done up,
  • flange,
  • sands,
  • clotheshorse,
  • unnerved,
  • Pithless,
  • palsied,
  • disuse,
  • Retable,
  • record,
  • treasury,
  • invent,
  • printing plate,
  • hors de combat,
  • breakers,
  • mantlepiece,
  • Superaltar,
  • do without,
  • understory,
  • Mantelshelf,
  • glory hole,
  • set up,
  • trivet,
  • Predella,
  • bight,
  • mouth,
  • formulate,
  • discard,
  • Unfriended,
  • easel,
  • leave off,
  • bookcase,
  • bayou,
  • lay down,
  • rudderless,
  • protuberance,
  • Gradin,
  • surrender,
  • zone,
  • depository,
  • story,
  • Underlayer,
  • Trevet,
  • rocks,
  • store,
  • produce,
  • level,
  • corbel,
  • magazine,
  • not touch,
  • gallery,
  • unhinged,
  • repertory,
  • reserve,
  • bunker,
  • Syrtis,
  • bedding,
  • tier,
  • settle,
  • storeroom,
  • supersede,
  • bed,
  • paralyzed,
  • bar,
  • abstain,
  • horse,
  • resign,
  • parts,
  • shelve,
  • sandbar,
  • bonded warehouse,
  • constitute,
  • neglect,
  • fiord,
  • lie to,
  • support,
  • hutch,
  • out of gear,
  • dump,
  • spare,
  • weave,
  • basement,
  • treasure room,
  • paralytic,
  • disjointed,
  • lumber room,
  • dispense with,
  • ford,
  • lumberyard,
  • Syrt,
  • hump,
  • Shelves,
  • devise,
  • Water-logged,
  • shattered,
  • warehouse,
  • frame,
  • bulge,
  • eject,
  • step,
  • Frith,
  • armory,
  • Couche,
  • stage,
  • Indraught,
  • roads,
  • ostiary,
  • Understratum,
  • snags,
  • maroon,
  • lagoon,
  • creek,
  • gut,
  • Teapoy,
  • deck,
  • Sinewless,
  • Narrows,
  • flat,
  • stratum,
  • board,
  • slug,
  • fabricate,
  • topsoil,
  • godown,
  • Gradino,
  • strait,
  • arsenal,
  • let slip,
  • Gulph,
  • emasculate,
  • reefs,
  • depot,
  • reconstruct,
  • cellar,
  • floor,
  • exhausted,
  • seam,
  • kyles,
  • cede,
  • in difficulty,
  • part with,
  • storehouse,
  • let go,
  • bookshelf,
  • represent,
  • exchequer,
  • hob,
  • wetlands,
  • quicksands,
  • forego,
  • reconcile,
  • conservatory,
  • thickness,
  • relinquish,
  • slab,
  • lie by,
  • expropriate,
  • course,
  • graveled,
  • have done with,
  • shallows,
  • prop,
  • Marrowless,
  • shallow water,
  • lee shore,
  • assemble,
  • give away,
  • lagune,
  • wine cellar,
  • abandon,
  • magasin,
  • library,
  • demoralized,
  • keep back.

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.

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.