shelfback
shelfback noun: the vertical surface forming the back of a shelf.
Noun
shelfback (plural shelfbacks)
- The vertical surface forming the back of a shelf.
- She came home later that day from Mrs. Rafferty's with a blue platter, which she placed standing up against the shelfback in the linen closet.2001, Regina McBride, The Nature of Water and Air, page 62
- The spine of a book.
- There was the man who collected any old volumes on etymology. There was a collector of books with gilded Victorian shelfbacks.1934, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 153, page 71
Forms of shelfback
| plural | shelfbacks |
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Origin of shelfback
From shelf + back.
Questions about shelfback
- What does shelfback mean?
- Shelfback means the vertical surface forming the back of a shelf.
- What part of speech is shelfback?
- Shelfback is a noun.
- What is the plural of shelfback?
- The plural of shelfback is shelfbacks.
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