shelf

A flat board where you put books or other objects.

• Put the book on the shelf.
• We fitted two shelves in the kitchen.
• Can you reach the top shelf?

How to use it: on a shelf (The cups are on a shelf above the sink.)

Common phrases: top shelf, on a shelf, shelf of something, bottom shelf

An amount of things that fills one flat storage board.

• She bought a shelf of books.
• We packed three shelves of videos into boxes.
• He cleared out a whole shelf of old magazines.

How to use it: a shelf of something (We donated a shelf of books to the school.)

Similar words: shelfful

Common phrases: shelf of books, shelf of videos, whole shelf of