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Meaning of "top-shelf" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOP-SHELF

top-shelf  [ˌtɒpˈʃɛlf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOP-SHELF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Top-Shelf is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TOP-SHELF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of top-shelf in the English dictionary

The definition of top-shelf in the dictionary is displayed above the eyeline of children, because they contain photos of naked or scantily-clad women.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOP-SHELF


bookshelf
ˈbʊkʃɛlf
delf
dɛlf
delph
dɛlf
elf
ɛlf
Guelph
ɡwɛlf
herself
həˈsɛlf
himself
hɪmˈsɛlf
ice-shelf
ˈaɪsˌʃɛlf
itself
ɪtˈsɛlf
myself
maɪˈsɛlf
off-the-shelf
ˌɒfðəˈʃɛlf
oneself
wʌnˈsɛlf
ourself
aʊəˈsɛlf
pelf
pɛlf
self
sɛlf
shelf
ʃɛlf
themself
ðəmˈsɛlf
thyself
ðaɪˈsɛlf
unself
ʌnˈsɛlf
yourself
jɔːˈsɛlf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOP-SHELF

top-heavy
top-hole
top-level
top-liner
top-loader
top-notch
top-notcher
top-of-the-line
top-of-the-range
top-ranked
top-ranking
top-rated
top-secret
top-security
top-security wing
top-shell
top-to-toe
top-up
top-up card
top-up loan

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOP-SHELF

continental shelf
do-it-yourself
English self
express oneself
find oneself
good self
higher self
ice shelf
inner self
lend itself
mantel shelf
off the shelf
on the shelf
parcel shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
speak for itself
speak for yourself
the self
thing-in-itself
to be pleased with yourself

Synonyms and antonyms of top-shelf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «top-shelf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOP-SHELF

Find out the translation of top-shelf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of top-shelf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «top-shelf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顶级的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la plataforma de arriba
570 millions of speakers

English

top-shelf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शीर्ष शेल्फ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعلى الجرف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

верхняя полка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

top -shelf
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপরের তাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haut-plateau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

rak atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Top-Regal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一流の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상단 선반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhuwur-rak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên kệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் தட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरचा कप्पा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

En üst raf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

top -shelf
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najwyższej półki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

верхня полиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

top - raft
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

top - ράφι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

top - rak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

topp-hyllan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øverste hylle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of top-shelf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP-SHELF»

The term «top-shelf» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.822 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP-SHELF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «top-shelf» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «top-shelf» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about top-shelf

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOP-SHELF»

Discover the use of top-shelf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to top-shelf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Top Shelf: Forensics
"[This book] covers trace evidence analysis of hair, fiber, blood, glass, and soil; mimics crime scene investigations with exciting lab experiments; helps students succeed on standardized tests; [and] adheres to National Science Education ...
Barbara Deslich, John Funkhouser, 2003
2
Top Shelf asks the big questions
Edited by Brett Warnock and Robert Goodin, this issue of Top Shelf includes Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's banned DC Comics "Cobweb" story; a Peanuts tribute featuring Chris Ware, Seth, and a host of other cartoonists; a brand new section ...
Brett Warnock, Rob Goodin, 2003
3
March: Book One:
Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story.
John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, 2013
4
Top Shelf #06
Top Shelf, the Harvey Award-nominated anthology that boasts more cutting-edge cartoonists than you can imagine, is back! Sporting a wraparound cover, end pages, and four two-color stories to boot, this is the best issue ever.
Brett Warnock, 1999
5
Essex County
After moving to his uncle's farm, 10-year-old orphan Lester befriends the town's gas station owner, damaged former hockey star Jimmy Lebeuf, and the two escape to a fantasy world of super-heroes, alien invaders, and old-fashioned pond ...
‎2009
6
Top Shelf Girls
With an accompanying text by Dr Jonathon Green, this is a coffee-table book that may just have to be locked away - everyone will want to borrow it.
Eric Wilkins, 2003
7
Beyond The Top Shelf: The Private Photographs Of Eric Wilkins
This is a tribute to the untrammelled charms of the models of that era.
Erotic Print Society, 2006
8
Wedding Chic: The Savvy Bride's Guide to Getting More While ...
Top Shelf vs. Bargain Basement es, Ketel One would be lovely, but if you're looking to shave costs, you might want to consider downgrading just a bit by only buying top-shelf bottles of your favorite kind of alcohol. For example, if you're a ...
Nina Willdorf, 2005
9
Master the LSAT Ebook
Which one of the following is a complete and accurate list of the items any one of which could be on the top shelf? The first thing to note about the answer-choices is that they all contain D. So there is no need to check whether D can be on the ...
Jeff Kolby, 2005
10
The Principles of Deductive Logic
There is a book on the top shelf. In the ECL we can make one sentence out of this translation by using the logical expression '&': Every book on the top shelf is a logic book & There is a book on the top shelf. The ampersand '&' is the sign of ...
John T. Kearns

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Top-Shelf [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/top-shelf>. Apr 2024 ».
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