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shelf in Arabic

رَفّ raff

/ʃɛlf/

shelf in Arabic: رَفّ (raff). In English, shelf means a flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

Arabic words for shelf

structure
رَفّ raff

English meaning of shelf

  1. noun A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
  2. noun The capacity of such an object.
  3. noun A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
  4. noun The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.

Full definition of shelf

shelf in a sentence

  • We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.

Synonyms of shelf

shelf in other languages

Questions about shelf in Arabic

What is the meaning of shelf in Arabic?
Shelf in Arabic is رَفّ (raff).
ما معنى كلمة shelf؟
Shelf: رَفّ (raff).
What does shelf mean in English?
Shelf means a flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shelf (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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