toolshelf

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noun

A shelf for storing tools.

OriginEnglish shelf ← Middle English schelfe ← Old English sċylfe? →
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Meanings

nountoolshelf (plural toolshelves)

plural toolshelves

  1. A shelf for storing tools.

Origin

  1. Englishtool
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kel(H)-p-
  4. Proto-Germanic*skelfō
  5. Proto-West Germanic*skelfu:
  6. Proto-West Germanic*skilfijā
  7. Old Englishsċylfe?
  8. Middle Englishschelfe
  9. Englishshelf
  10. Englishtoolshelf

From tool + shelf.

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APA

toolshelf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toolshelf

MLA

“toolshelf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toolshelf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toolshelf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toolshelf.

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