shelfy
/ˈʃɛlfi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Abounding in shelves; containing crossbedded hard and soft layers that result in rocky shelves at varying angles.
adj
Shelf-like; resembling or pertaining to a shelf.
adj
Relatively horizontal and flat with low friction.
Example Sentences
- "And, o'er the dang'rous deep, secure the navy flies; / Glides by the Sirens' cliffs, a shelfy coast, / Long infamous for ships and sailors lost"
- "The procedure and the results of calculating the wave regime in the example of the shelfy water of the Black Sea are discussed. Analogous data with respect to the wave regime can be obtained for all shelfy bodies of water of the inland and shelf seas of the USSR ."
- "According to Potter and Pattison (1977) , the most common surface landform found along the Antelope Point shoreline is shelfy terrace ."
- "The tillable fields are in some places […] so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten his root."
- "The vegetable Soils may be distinguished into three sorts, the black and gritty, the shelfy slatty Soil, and the stiff reddish Soil, approaching more to the nature of Clay."
- "The shelfy or slaty soil is found in more abundance in the gentle delivities and level grounds, and may be termed the detritus of the schistus."
Etymology
From shelf + -y.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more shelfy (comparative)
most shelfy (superlative)