Definition of "shelves" []

• Plural of shelf. (noun)

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• "I have learned that every single book on the shelves is there because people loved it."
• "Access to high shelves is a simple matter of reaching, and over a given period you tend to walk faster and further along the same stretch of sidewalk than people with a considerably lower-lying center of gravity; being tall can be efficient."
• "His debut science fiction novel, Orphanage, flew off the shelves from the day it was released."