shelf

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.

2. 2
   noun

   The capacity of such an object

   a shelf of videos

3. 3
   noun

   The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.

   This is where the Visual Studio Shelving function can help. A shelf is a place on the server in source control that is separate from the main code line so it will not affect other developers.

4. 4
   noun

   A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

   But with a ſlaw ſuddein chauffing ſtorm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then ſootherne ſwaſhruter huffling / Flung vs on high ſhelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after.

5. 5
   noun

   a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

6. 6
   noun

   a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

7. 7
   noun

   A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

8. 8
   verb

   Alternative form of shelve.

Etymology

From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”).