SHELF


Meaning of SHELF in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ high , low

▪ deep

▪ bottom , middle , top

He took a book down from the top ~.

▪ bare , empty

▪ open

▪ dusty

▪ glass , metal , wooden

▪ book (usually bookshelf ) , CD , DVD , video

▪ bathroom , kitchen , library , shop ( BrE ), store ( esp. AmE ), supermarket

The supermarket shelves were bare.

▪ closet ( esp. AmE )

VERB + SHELF

▪ have

The cabinet has three shelves.

▪ build , put up

She soon learned how to put up her own shelves.

▪ arrange sth on , display sth on , put sth (back) on , replace sth on , return sth to , stack sth on

I put the box back on the ~.

▪ restock , stack ( esp. BrE ), stock ( AmE )

He has a job stacking/stocking shelves.

▪ fill , line , pack

The shelves were packed with dolls of every shape and size.

Hundreds of books lined the shelves.

▪ clear

I've cleared a ~ in the bedroom for you.

▪ get sth (down) from , get sth (down) off , pick sth from , pick sth off , remove sth from , take sth (down) from , take sth (down) off

They immediately removed the product from their shelves.

▪ fit on , fit onto , go on , remain on , sit on

Souvenirs filled the shelves.

Her diaries just sat on the ~ for years (= nobody looked at them) .

▪ browse , scan , scour , search

She scanned the shelves of the library for new books.

▪ reach

I can't reach the top ~.

▪ reach for

She reached for the ~ next to the bed.

SHELF + VERB

▪ be full of sth , contain sth , hold sth

▪ line

Shelves lined the walls behind the long counter.

SHELF + NOUN

▪ space

▪ life

The medicine has a ~ life of six months.

PREPOSITION

▪ off a/the ~

I knocked it off the ~ by accident.

▪ on a/the ~

the books on the shelves

▪ ~ of

a ~ of books on economics

PHRASES

▪ be filled with shelves , be lined with shelves

The walls of her study were lined with shelves.

▪ a place on your shelves

The book deserves a place on everyone's shelves.

▪ hit the shelves ( figurative )

Their new CD hits the shelves in May.

▪ fly off the shelves ( both figurative )

The DVD is flying off the shelves.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .