Stow vs Shelf - What's the difference?
stow | shelf |
to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
to put something away to store it in a space-saving manner and over a long time
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.
As nouns the difference between stow and shelf
is that stow is a place while shelf is a flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects.As a verb stow
is to put something away in a compact and tidy manner.stow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stowe, from (etyl) .Quotations
* (English Citations of "stow")Etymology 2
From (etyl) stowen, stawen, stewen, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
*shelf
English
(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.