Meaning

(architecture) A built-in shelf or set of shelves..

Definitions by Sense

1. (architecture) A built-in shelf or set of shelves.
2. A system of classification, especially one that determines how something can be organized on shelves.
3. Items such as brochures that are displayed on and used from a shelf.

Example Sentences

There are various kinds of shelfwork in Japanese architecture and the tsuridana, suspended shelf, is the form most commonly seen in tea architecture and is generally suspended at the front part of the mat where the host prepares tea in order that it may be used to set utensils on.

Adjacent shelfwork is considered an extension of the obstruction.

The front of the piece is open shelfwork.

The outward form of such system, is a grand classification of all things; whose details consist in the realization that simple, yet nevertheless wonderful shelfwork (or categories), innately but undevelopedly inherent in the human mind, whereby ALL MEN of normal parts, are enabled, by a proper course of culture, to become knowing, wise, and useful for themselves and others.

Turkoman made good use of his time, and I was sure whatever he knew of Dr. Lyman Kiser's affairs was neatly stashed somewhere in his mental shelfwork.

This "shelfwork" includes manipulatives for students to use in order to review or reinforce skills taught in math, language arts, social studies and science.

As with several other shelfworks, the title echoes the clichéd language of sales brochures that tends to present their products in the superlative.

This action research examines the benefits of using shelfwork with academic language supports and documents how Montessori materials and methods support students to use academic language in their writing.

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