Empty and Shelf

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Empty adjective - Lacking contents that could or should be present.

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Shelf and empty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shelf" instead an adjective "Empty".

Nearby Words: emptiness, emptying, emptily

Shelf noun - A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.

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Empty and shelf are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Empty" instead an adjective "Shelf".

Nearby Words: shelve, shelved, shelving

Or Sarge says it's weird of Beetle to collect comic books, only to have someone else point to his shelf full of different empty beer cans.

Source: Comic Strip / Beetle Bailey
She sees through the disguise and forces them to get into some empty ketchup bottles, which she puts back on the shelf.

Source: Literature / Djinn Rummy
Pamphlet Shelf: RPG libraries only have one readable book on each shelf; the rest are just empty covers.

Source: Webcomic / Adventurers!

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