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SHELFLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shelflike mean?
• SHELFLIKE (adjective)
The adjective SHELFLIKE has 1 sense:
1. resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf)
Familiarity information: SHELFLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
shelflike table
Pertainym:
shelf (a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects)
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