Crossword-Solution: SHELF
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shelf | v. i. | A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament. |
| Shelf | v. i. | A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. |
| Shelf | v. i. | A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock. |
| Shelf | v. i. | A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHELF | anagram | FLESH |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHELF (5)
There was a kitchen stove, a table covered with oilcloth, two chairs, a clock, a calendar, a few books on the window-shelf; nothing more.
Upon the mantel-shelf before him was a time-piece, surmounted by a spread eagle, and upon the eagle’s wings was the letter Bathsheba had sent.
There were several books on a shelf; one lay beside the tea-things open, and Utterson was amazed to find it a copy of a pious work, for which Jekyll had several times expressed a great esteem, annotated, in his own hand, with startling blasphemies.
The narrow shelf of shadow had widened until the floor of the amphitheater was marked off in two halves, one glittering yellow, and one purple.
Then, a new library book is produced: The printed images are rebound by a commercial binder and a new book is returned to the shelf.
Quotes with SHELF (3)
Wait," I said as Noah slipped a book from a shelf and headed toward the door. "Where are you going?""To read?" But I don't want you to. "But I need to go home," I said, my eyes meeting his. "My parents are going to kill me.""Taken care of. You're at Sophie's house." I loved Sophie." So I'm... staying here?""Daniel's covering for you." I loved Daniel." Where's Katie?" I asked, trying to sound casual." Eliza's house." I loved Eliza." And your parents?" I asked." Some charity th…
He said he'd hurt himself against a wall or had fallen down. But there was probably some other reason for the wounded, the bandaged shoulder. With a rather abrupt gesture, reaching for a shelf to bring down some photographs he wanted to look at, the bandage came came undone and a little blood ran. I did it up again, taking my time over the binding; he wasn't in pain and I liked looking at the blood. It was a thing of my love, that blood. When he left, I found, in front of his…
It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale. So many things have been shown so to me on these banks, so much light has illumined me by reflection here where the water comes down, that I can hardly believe that this grace never flags, that the pouring from ever-renewable sources is endless, impartial, and free.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 173 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).