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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shelf \Shelf\, noun; pl. {Shelves}. [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skj[=a]lf. In senses 2 & 3, perhaps a different word (cf. {Shelve}, verb (used without an object)).]
1. (Arch.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
On the tawny sands and shelves. --Milton.
On the secret shelves with fury cast. --Dryden.
3. (Mining) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
4. (Naut.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. --D. Kemp.
{To lay on the shelf}, to lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shelf
noun
1: a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
2: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water [syn: {ledge}] [also: {shelves} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "shelf": archives, armory, arsenal, attic, band, bank, bar, basement, bay, beam-end, bed, bedding, belt, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, coral reef, corbel, couche, course, crate, crib, cupboard, deck, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, flat, floor, ford, gallery, glory hole, godown, gradin, gradino, hob, hold, hutch, layer, ledge, level, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mantel, mantelshelf, measures, overlayer, overstory, predella, rack, reef, repertory, repository, reservoir, retable, rick, sandbank, sandbar, seam, shallow, shallows, shoal, shoal water, shoulder, stack, stack room, stage, step, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, story, stratum, substratum, superaltar, superstratum, supply base, supply depot, tank, thickness, tidal flats, tier, topsoil, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, underlayer, understory, understratum, vat, vault, warehouse, wetlands, wine cellar, zone
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
shelf A public library of {class}es for the {Eiffel} language.
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