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Shelf Pronunciation

Pronounce Shelf as S HH EH L F.

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    Shelf phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'shelf'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of shelf: /shɛlf/
    • Modern IPA representation of shelf: /shɛlf/

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    List of meaning for shelf

    shelf(noun)

    a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

    ledge, shelf(noun)

    a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

    made beforehand in large numbers

    she chose to have her computer designed to her specifications rather than buying an off-the-shelf machine

    of the very best kind

    hoping to impress the new neighbors, she brought a top-shelf wine as a housewarming gift

    not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

    The idea for a fundraiser has been on the shelf for months.

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    shelf in sentence

    1. Since the books did not reach the end of the book shelves and the other end of the shelf did not have a side to it, we needed a pair of bookends.

    2. She felt that keeping her books arranged with a slight slant made the shelf look more organized than if the books were straight.

    3. I was irritated by the skew book on the shelf that refused to stand up straight.

    4. Because he hit his head on the shelf once, Milton is always minding where he is going when he enters the kitchen.

    5. A metric ruler was used to measure the shelf to the nearest meter.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term shelf

    High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad.

    – Barbara Kingsolver, "Life Without Go-Go Boots" (personal essay)

    We are already doing all the preparation for a shelf filing, we have a very good relationship with banks.

    – Lida Wang

    You have to give people a reason why they should listen to you. And when there's other alternatives up there that are acceptable, there's always this question like why are you on the shelf ? ... I mean, do we really need eight variations of barbeque potato chips ? I've got four choices. I'm going to find some barbeque potato chips I like.

    – Stuart Stevens

    His shelf life has expired, john McAfee hasn't been close enough to the threat landscape or the community itself to truly understand the gaps in security capabilities.

    – Tom Kellermann

    The work he has done deserves to be printed and bound and put up on a shelf somewhere, he's done so much culinary heavy lifting, we wouldn't do it without Cole.

    – Loren Bouchard

    A worker there found the opossum up on a shelf next to a cracked open bottle of liquor with nothing in it, assuming the opossum drank it all, he brought her to us, and we looked over her and she definitely was n’t fully acting normal.

    – Michelle Pettis

    We'll need energy in all forms, and Alaska's outer continental shelf resources could play a crucial role in helping meet that challenge.

    – Curtis Smith

    If it plays out, it would be a game-changer of a company, any reasonable person would say, 'I'll take the off the shelf product.'.

    – Behzad Aghazadeh

    I picked one up off the shelf at a Reno airport gift shop on my way to give a speech, it was 80 percent off, so I was like, ‘ Yeah, score ! ’.

    – Chris Sacca

    It is really shocking to have had these two reports previously raise attention to the issue( and) have manufacturers pledge to pay more attention and to see there are still products on the shelf that have talc, which is contaminated with asbestos in many cases.

    – The EWG Lunder

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