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What is the noun for shelf?

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shelf
  1. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
  2. The capacity of such an object
  3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The boy grabbed a lantern off a shelf and lit it, and they continued down the dark hallway.”
      “This depth corresponds to the major change in slope between the shelf and the submarine flanks of the island.”
      “He managed to find a shelf on which to place his foot on while climbing.”
shelfware
  1. (software) A piece of software that has never been used at all since its creation.
  2. A piece of software created for the sole purpose of being immediately shelved.
  3. Software purchased but not used.
  4. Examples:
    1. “The typical enterprise has between six and 10 monitoring and troubleshooting tools in active use, and with even more shelfware.”
      “Many incorrectly believe that issues of shelfware and non-compliant software use disappear by moving to a subscription model.”
      “Let's increase utilization of our servers, improve utilization of the network bandwidth, and eliminate shelfware.”
shelving
shelve
  1. A rocky ledge or shelf.
shelfful
  1. Enough to fill a shelf.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This enormous book of 552 pages, closely printed, is almost a shelfful of books collected in one volume.”
      “Almost every one of the shelfful of books he has published since the early 1970s has explored these themes in one way or another.”
      “In six months, we'd hunted down a whole shelfful of first editions for the Malibu place.”
shelffuls
  1. plural of shelfful
shelvings
shelvesful
  1. plural of shelfful
shelves
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