English-Thai Dictionary
shelf
N หิ้ง ชั้น ledge hing
shelf life
N ช่วงเวลา ของ ความทนทาน ของ ผลิตภัณ ฑ์ ที่เก็บ ได้ นาน บน หิ้ง chuang-we-la-kong-kwam-ton-tan-kong-pa-lid-ta-pan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SHELF
n.plu. shelves. 1. A platform of boards or planks, elevated above the floor, and fixed and set on a frame or contiguous to a wall, for holding vessels, utensils, books and the like.
2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow and dangerous to ships.
3. In mining, fast ground; the part of the internal structure of the earth which lies in an even regular form.
SHELFY
a. 1. Full if shelves; abounding with with sand bank or rocks lying near the surface of the water and rendering navigation dangerous; as a shelfy coast.
2. Hard; firm. [See Shelf, No. 3.] [Not in use. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SHELF
Shelf, n.; pl. Shelves. Etym: [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skjalf. In senses 2 & 3, perhaps a different word (cf. Shelve, v. i.).]
1. (Arch. )
Defn: A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. On the tawny sands and shelves. Milton. On the secret shelves with fury cast. Dryden.
3. (Mining )
Defn: A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
4. (Naut. )
Defn: A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. D. Kemp. To lay on the shelf, to lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard.
SHELFY
SHELFY Shelf "y, a.
1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast. " Dryden.
2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs. ] The tillable fields are in some places... so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root. Carew.
New American Oxford Dictionary
shelf
shelf |SHelf ʃɛlf | ▶noun ( pl. shelves |SHelvz | ) a flat length of wood or rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects. • a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land. • a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf. PHRASES off the shelf not designed or made to order but taken from existing stock or supplies: off-the-shelf software packages. on the shelf (of people or things ) no longer useful or desirable: an injury that has kept him on the shelf. DERIVATIVES shelf ful |-ˌfo͝ol |noun ( pl. shelffuls ), shelf like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German schelf; related to Old English scylfe ‘partition, ’ scylf ‘crag. ’
shelf
shelf 2 |ʃɛlf |Austral. /NZ informal ▶noun ( pl. shelfs ) an informer. ▶verb [ with obj. ] inform on (someone ). ORIGIN 1930s (as a noun ): probably from the phrase on the shelf ‘out of the way ’.
shelf life
shelf life |ʃɛlf laɪf | ▶noun the length of time for which an item remains usable, fit for consumption, or saleable.
shelf mark
shelf mark ▶noun a notation on a book showing its place in a library.
shelf space
shelf space ▶noun the amount of available space on a shelf.
shelf-stable
shelf-sta ble ▶adjective able to survive long periods on store or home shelves without spoiling: a growing number of dairy-based beverages are shelf-stable and can be stored in the pantry rather than the refrigerator.
Oxford Dictionary
shelf
shelf 1 |ʃɛlf | ▶noun ( pl. shelves |ʃɛlvz | ) 1 a flat length of wood or rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects. 2 a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land. • a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf. PHRASES off the shelf not designed or made to order but taken from existing stock or supplies: off-the-shelf software packages. on the shelf 1 informal no longer useful or desirable: an injury which has kept him on the shelf. 2 (especially of a woman ) past an age when one might expect to have the opportunity to marry. DERIVATIVES shelf-ful noun ( pl. shelf-fuls ), shelf-like adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German schelf; related to Old English scylfe ‘partition ’, scylf ‘crag ’.
shelf
shelf 2 |ʃɛlf |Austral. /NZ informal ▶noun ( pl. shelfs ) an informer. ▶verb [ with obj. ] inform on (someone ). ORIGIN 1930s (as a noun ): probably from the phrase on the shelf ‘out of the way ’.
shelf life
shelf life ▶noun the length of time for which an item remains usable, fit for consumption, or saleable.
shelf mark
shelf mark ▶noun a notation on a book showing its place in a library.
shelf room
shelf room ▶noun [ mass noun ] the amount of available space on a shelf.
shelf-stable
shelf-sta ble ▶adjective able to survive long periods on store or home shelves without spoiling: a growing number of dairy-based beverages are shelf-stable and can be stored in the pantry rather than the refrigerator.
American Oxford Thesaurus
shelf
shelf noun 1 the plant on the shelf: ledge, sill, bracket, rack; mantelpiece; shelving. 2 an ocean shelf: sandbank, sandbar, bank, bar, reef, shoal.
Oxford Thesaurus
shelf
shelf noun 1 she put Frank's card on the shelf: ledge, bracket, sill, rack; bookshelf, mantelshelf, mantelpiece; shelving; in a church or monastery predella, retable. 2 the waters above the shelf: sandbank, sandbar, bank, bar, reef, shoal. PHRASES on the shelf the tangled love life of a 30 -year old woman who fears she will be left on the shelf: unmarried, single, without a partner /spouse, without a husband /wife, unattached, on one's own; lonely, unloved, neglected; archaic sole. ANTONYMS married.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
shelf
shelf /ʃelf /〖語源は 「仕切り 」〗名詞 複 shelves /-vz /C 1 棚 ▸ on the top shelf of the bookcase 本棚の一番上に ▸ fall off the shelves 〈物が 〉棚から落ちる .2 ひと棚分の本 ▸ a shelf of books ひと棚分の本 .3 (海 山の )岩棚 （だな ）; 棚状の物 ▸ a continental shelf 大陸棚 .off the sh é lf (既製品なので )すぐに手に入る .on the sh é lf 〖be (left ) ～〗1 ｟やや古 ｠〈人が 〉婚期を逸して .2 〈計画 考えなどが 〉棚上げされて, 実行 [検討 ]されていない ; ｟くだけて ｠〈人 物が 〉必要とされていない .～́ l ì fe 〖単数形で 〗(食品 薬品などの )有効 [保存, 賞味 ]期間 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary