top shelf
Best, or high quality.
I bought a bottle of top shelf whiskey.
shelf
/ʃɛlf/
noun 5verb 2name 2
Collocations
23(noun.)
ADJ
high, low | deep, shallow
bottom, middle, top
She keeps her favorite photo on the middle shelf of the bookcase.
bare, empty | open | dusty | glass, metal, wooden | bathroom, kitchen, library, shop, supermarket
VERB + SHELF
have
My bedroom closet has two shelves for storing books and folded clothes.
build, put up
My dad built shelves in the garage to organize all his tools and equipment.
arrange sth on, display sth on, put sth (back) on, replace sth on, return sth to, stack sth on, stock
My daughter arranged all her favorite books on the shelf in her bedroom.
clear
We cleared the shelf to make room for the new books.
get sth down from/off, pick sth from/off, remove sth from, take sth down from/off
My son asked me to pick his favorite book down from the top shelf.
fill, fit on, go on, remain on, sit on
The old photo albums fit on the top shelf of the bookcase.
reach (for/to)
He reached to the top shelf to grab the cereal box for breakfast.
SHELF + VERB
be full of sth, contain sth, hold sth
SHELF + NOUN
space
life
This yogurt's shelf life is only two weeks after opening.
PREP
off a/the ~
The book fell off a shelf when the earthquake shook the library.
on a/the ~
The cereal boxes on the shelf need to be organized before they fall down.
~ of
There was a shelf of decorative plates that my grandmother had collected over many years.
PHRASES
be filled/lined with shelves
The kitchen walls are lined with shelves holding cookbooks and spice jars.
a place on your shelves
I finally found a place on my shelves for all those cookbooks I had been storing in boxes.
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