shelf

Significado (Inglés)

1. 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.
2. The capacity of such an object
3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
4. The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.

Sinónimos

rack

ledge

cupboard

stand

table

mantel

closet

plank

stall

bookshelf

board

frame

rock

🪨

pantry

patch

trellis

drawer

dresser

counter

bookcase

bed

🛏️

level

cabinet

🗄️

continental shelf

framework

bracket

reef

rig

rung

shallows

shelves

shelving

shoal

sideboard

slope

snag

socle

steadier

step

stretcher

support

supporter

terrace

trestle

wardrobe

whatnot

book-case

closing down

wooden board

manteltree

bed-rock

bed rock

overhanging rock

projecting rock

mantel-piece

mantel-shelf

what-not

back burner

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./

étagère

airs

muddy shore

arm

arrogance

awning

banquette

base

bearer

bedrock

box

📦

canceling

cancelling

chair

🪑

compartment

cubicle

edge

embankment

hill

hob

holder

isolator

mantelpiece

mantle

molding

mount

pedestal

plate

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ʃɛlf/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: schelfe

Herdado de Old English: sċielfe

Relativo a neerlandés: schelf

Relativo a Old Norse: skjalf

Relativo a Middle English: shelp

Relativo a Old English: scylp

Relativo a Middle Dutch:

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”).