shelf betydelser och definitioner

A flat, usually rectangular structure composed of a rigid material, such as wood, glass, or metal, fixed at right angles to a wall or other vertical surface and used to hold or store objects.

The contents or capacity of such a structure.

Something, such as a projecting ledge of rock or a balcony, that resembles such a structure.

A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

Bedrock.

off the shelf From ready-made merchandise in stock: supplies that were available off the shelf.

on the shelf In a state of disuse.

on the shelf Unemployed.

on the shelf Out of circulation.

on the shelf Retired.