shelf
Significado (Inglés)
- 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.
- The capacity of such an object
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
Conceptos
Sinónimos
book-case
closing down
wooden board
bed-rock
bed rock
overhanging rock
projecting rock
mantel-piece
mantel-shelf
supporting frame
support stand
support frame
open-shelf
fixed mount
shelf board
bay bear
bear frame
hidden rock
drowned reef
sunken reef
foot /ft.
f./
muddy shore
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ʃɛlf/
Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
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”).
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