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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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Cloaks, sashes, jerkins and gloves lined the very top shelf that went the width of the wardrobe.
It had to be compact enough to fit in the tight shelf space reserved for impulse buys at the supermarket.
The islands are perched at the ragged edge of the continental shelf, right before it plunges more than 2 miles down to the abyssal plain.
He pulled a heavy, leather bound book off from a high shelf, and cracked it open gently.
I am sure I have actually seen the Funeral CD on some shelf in some shop during my wanders.
By way of comparison, I went to the book shelf and picked out three Ian Fleming books at random.

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