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shelf
1. a projecting layer of ice, rock, etc., on land or in the sea
2. Archery the part of the hand on which an arrow rests when the bow is grasped

shelf [shelf]
(geology)
Solid rock beneath alluvial deposits.
A flat, projecting ledge of rock.

shelf
1. A flat surface mounted horizontally, used to support or store objects.
2. Any projecting, flat, near-horizontal surface, such as a ledge of rock.

shelf - A public library of classes for the Eiffel language.


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Other topics include saggin' and braggin,' remembering Octavia Butler, believing in anthropology as literature, writing in Zora Neale Hurston's shoes, off the shelf and into oblivion, and taking chances.
Ready-made ones are what you buy off the shelf with no alterations.
Off The Shelf is about three mature women looking for love and their scrapes with the opposite sex.
 
 
 
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