shelfy

shelfy

(ˈʃɛlfɪ)

adj, -fier or -fiest

1. full of sandbanks or reefs hidden beneath the water's surface

2. full of slaty or stratified rock

3. (of hills) having shelves, ledges, or terraces

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Adj.

1.

shelfy - full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" reefy, shelvy, shoaly shallow - lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"

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