Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
shelf or some aspect of one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Inside—or, rather, outside—the summerhouse was the kind of place Rebecca would find enchanting, with its burbling fountain, decorative brickwork, and stone chairs protected from the elements by shelflike orange tile roofs.
The Viognier Vendetta Ellen Crosby 2010
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Lying on my metal shelflike bunk, I hear hollow echoes of steel doors clanging and distant cries of pain or desperation.
Life On The Shelf 2008
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The bark that conceals it has a charred, shelflike appearance.
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The navigator sat on the port side behind a shelflike desk containing his charts and instruments.
Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006
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The navigator sat on the port side behind a shelflike desk containing his charts and instruments.
Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006
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There was a one-inch-thick mattress on a shelflike outcropping from the wall.
Lost Light Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2003
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Beyond it, up the flue, was a shelflike projection having a thick accumulation of ash and soot.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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At water level, a narrow, shelflike deck extended the length of the Goya.
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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At water level, a narrow, shelflike deck extended the length of the Goya.
Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001
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She floated over to a shelflike water-level protuberance and raised the lighter.
SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000
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