shelf
English
/ʃɛlf/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- The capacity of such an object
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- A reef, shoal or sandbar.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schelfe inherited from Old English sċylfe (deck of a ship).
Origin
Old English
sċylfe
Gloss
deck of a ship
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- along English
- alongshelf English
- beam English
- beamshelf English
- book English
- bookshelf English
- break English
- intrashelf English
- mantel English
- mantelshelf English
- mark English
- midshelf English
- shelfbreak English
- shelfful English
- shelfie English
- shelflike English
- shelfmark English
- shelfward English
- shelfware English
- shelfworthy English
- shelfy English
- undershelf English
- scolops Latin
- schelf Dutch, Flemish
- шельф Russian
- σκόλοψ Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel(H)p- Proto-Indo-European
- scylfe Old English
- sċylfe Old English
- schelfe Middle English
- seilf Irish
- šelf Czech
- šelf Serbo-Croatian
- шелф Serbo-Croatian
- silff Welsh
- scelf Middle Dutch