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adj
Abounding in shelves; containing crossbedded hard and soft layers that result in rocky shelves at varying angles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
Full of strata of rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Shelf-like; resembling or pertaining to a shelf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Relatively horizontal and flat with low friction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: reefy, shelvy, shoaly
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History
From shelf + -y.
