word-vault/dist/data/cards/sh/shelf.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "shelf",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ki/kitchen.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a flat board, made of wood, metal, glass, etc., fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard, bookcase, etc., for things to be placed on",
            "sensetop": "on a shelf",
            "labels": "(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(British English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English, informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book I wanted was on the top shelf.",
                    "contextForm": "on a shelf"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**supermarket shelves**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**store shelves**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The product should **hit** store **shelves** by August."
                },
                {
                    "text": "library shelves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "empty shelves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the powerful retailers who control what products get shelf space"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's got a job stocking shelves in a supermarket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her diaries just sat on the shelf for years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of books lined the shelves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I knocked it off the shelf by accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I put the box back on the shelf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've cleared a shelf in the bedroom for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scanned the shelves of the library for new books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shelves lined the walls behind the long counter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Souvenirs filled the shelves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The product is flying off the shelves (= selling very quickly)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shelves were packed with dolls of every shape and size."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The supermarket immediately removed the product from its shelves."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "low", "deep"],
                "verb + shelf": ["have", "build", "put up"],
                "shelf + verb": [
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something",
                    "hold something"
                ],
                "shelf + noun": ["space", "life"],
                "preposition": ["off a/​the shelf", "on a/​the shelf", "shelf of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be filled with shelves",
                    "be lined with shelves",
                    "a place on your shelves"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing like a shelf in shape, especially a piece of rock sticking out from a cliff or from the edge of a mass of land under the sea",
            "labels": "(geology)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that can be bought immediately and does not have to be specially designed or ordered",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I bought this package off the shelf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some courses can be bought off the shelf as self-contained study packages."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not wanted by anyone; not used",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "considered unlikely to get married or find a partner, because of being too old",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop something from being sold",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The slimming pills were taken off the market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of egg products were taken off the shelves following the health scare."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃelf/",
                "audio": "sh/shelf/shelf__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃelvz/",
                "audio": "sh/shelf/shelves__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃelf/",
                "audio": "sh/shelf/shelf__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃelvz/",
                "audio": "sh/shelf/shelves__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Middle Low German schelf; related to Old English scylfe ‘partition’, scylf ‘crag’."
}