Shelf vs Racking - What's the difference?
shelf | racking |
A flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
The capacity of such an object; as, a shelf of videos.
A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
A reef, shoal or sandbar.
A method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.
spun yarn used in racking ropes
The process of clarifying, and thereby deterring further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
As nouns the difference between shelf and racking
is that shelf is a flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects while racking is a method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.As a verb racking is
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(wikipedia shelf)Noun
(shelves)- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.