Dictionary entry

On the shelf

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Myanmar Meaning

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Definition

shelf /ʃelf/ n ( pl shelves /ʃelvz/) ၁။ (နံရံကပ္) စင္၊ ဆင့္။ put up a shelf ❍ the books on the top shelf ❍ a shelf full of crockery ❍ empty shelves in the supermarket. ၂။ ( esp geology ) ကမ္းဦးေရတိမ္ပိုင္း။ the continental shelf. See also SHELVE 2 ❏ on the shelf [ IDM ] ( infml ) ၁။ အပယ္ခံ။ အိုပယ္။ Retired people should not be made to feel left on the shelf. ၂။ ( dated often sexist ) အပ်ဳိဟိုင္း။ Women used to think they were on the shelf at 30. ❏ shelf-life n ( pl shelf-lives ) (usu sing ) (စားကုန္၊ ဓာတုပစၥည္းစသည္၏ အရည္အေသြးမက်ဘဲ) ထားသိုႏိုင္သည့္ သက္တမ္း။ packets of biscuits with a shelf-life of two or three weeks.

Examples

  1. He took a book from the shelf.
  2. [top/bottom shelf] : The plates are on the top shelf.
  3. Everything on our shelves is guaranteed fresh.