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What is a shelf?

What is a shelf? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
  2. The capacity of such an object
  3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
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Before he could finish his sentence, Cass drew a green account book from a shelf to the side.
The game lasted about an hour and half, which I think is the shelf life of a jigger of Geritol.
If I don't like a CD, it hangs around on my shelf accusingly, and I grow to hate whoever it is.
This problem with the sediment trap technique is probably restricted to the continental slope and shelf and will not occur over abyssal depths.
By way of comparison, I went to the book shelf and picked out three Ian Fleming books at random.
At the same time, the deck lid lifts up and out of the way and the package shelf lifts up and moves back to meet the top.

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