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Definition of "shelflike" [shelflike]

  • Resembling a shelf or some aspect of one. (adjective)

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Use "shelflike" in a sentence
  • "Inside—or, rather, outside—the summerhouse was the kind of place Rebecca would find enchanting, with its burbling fountain, decorative brickwork, and stone chairs protected from the elements by shelflike orange tile roofs."
  • "Lying on my metal shelflike bunk, I hear hollow echoes of steel doors clanging and distant cries of pain or desperation."
  • "The bark that conceals it has a charred, shelflike appearance."
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