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shelf break

shelf break is the alternative form of shelfbreak.

Meaning of shelfbreak

Noun

shelfbreak (plural shelfbreaks)

  1. An area of increasing slope that marks the edge of a continental shelf.

Forms of shelf break

pluralshelf breaks

Questions about shelf break

What is shelf break the alternative form of?
Shelf break is the alternative form of shelfbreak.

Words near shelf break in the dictionary

  1. Sheley
  2. Sheleys
  3. shelf
  4. shelf bra
  5. shelf bras
  6. shelf break
  7. shelf breaks
  8. shelf cloud
  9. shelf clouds
  10. shelf filler
  11. shelf fungi

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