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shelf

/ʃɛlf/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʃɛlf/
shelf
Syllables
1 syllable
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One strong syllable
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
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US voice -> shelf

Myanmar meaning

(n) နံရံကပ်စင်၊ဆင့်။ ကမ်းဦးရေတိမ်ပိုင်း။ အပယ်ခံ။ အိုပယ်။ အပျိုဟိုင်း။ စားကုန်၊ဓာတုပစ္စည်းစသည်၏အရည်အသွေးမကျဘဲထားသိုနိုင်သည့်သက်တမ်း။

Full entry

shelf /ʃelf/ n (pl shelves /ʃelvz/)

၁။ (နံရံကပ်) စင်၊ ဆင့်။ put up a shelf ❍ the books on the top shelf ❍ a shelf full of crockery ❍ empty shelves in the supermarket.
၂။ (esp geology ) ကမ်းဦးရေတိမ်ပိုင်း။ the continental shelf. See also SHELVE2
❏ on the shelf [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ အပယ်ခံ။ အိုပယ်။ Retired people should not be made to feel left on the shelf.
၂။ (dated often sexist ) အပျိုဟိုင်း။ Women used to think they were on the shelf at 30.
❏ shelf-life n (pl shelf-lives ) (usu sing )
(စားကုန်၊ ဓာတုပစ္စည်းစသည်၏ အရည်အသွေးမကျဘဲ) ထားသိုနိုင်သည့် သက်တမ်း။ packets of biscuits with a shelf-life of two or three weeks.

More examples
  • He took a book from the shelf.
  • [top/bottom shelf] : The plates are on the top shelf.
  • Everything on our shelves is guaranteed fresh.
Synonyms
ledge, sill, bookshelf, mantelpiece, projection, bank, bracket, console, counter, cupboard, depthless, jutting, layer, mantelshelf, mantle, rack, reef, ridge, rock, rock shelf, shallow, shoal, step
Cross references
ledgesillbookshelfmantelpieceprojectionbankbracketconsolecountercupboarddepthlessjuttinglayermantelshelfmantlerackreefridgerockrock shelfshallowshoalstepalsocontinentalcrockeryemptyfeel
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