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Shelf

/ʃelf/
A flat, horizontal surface used to store or display items, often attached to a wall or part of a piece of furniture.

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Examples:

There were small black boxes and books on the shelves.There were a few photographs on a shelf over the fire.He fetched them from a shelf and gave them to Valjean.

Etymology:

etymology
Old English scylfe, related to Middle Low German schelf meaning a ledge or flat piece of wood.

Usage Statistics:

22 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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