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shelfmate

shelfmate noun: a book or other object located on the same shelf.

Noun

shelfmate (plural shelfmates)

  1. A book or other object located on the same shelf.
    • Roger pushed in a book that was protruding beyond its shelfmates.2017, Stuart Fortey, The Diva in the Duck Pond, page 63

Forms of shelfmate

pluralshelfmates

Origin of shelfmate

From shelf + -mate.

Questions about shelfmate

What does shelfmate mean?
Shelfmate means a book or other object located on the same shelf.
What part of speech is shelfmate?
Shelfmate is a noun.
What is the plural of shelfmate?
The plural of shelfmate is shelfmates.

Words near shelfmate in the dictionary

  1. shelflist
  2. shelflists
  3. shelflives
  4. shelfmark
  5. shelfmarks
  6. shelfmate
  7. shelfmates
  8. Shelford
  9. shelfroom
  10. shelfrooms
  11. shelfs

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