Shelfworthy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Good enough to be kept or displayed on a shelf.

    "On the other hand the small, individual ones, especially those shaped as fruits, pagodas, cottages etc., though eminently shelfworthy, are very expensive."

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"On the other hand the small, individual ones, especially those shaped as fruits, pagodas, cottages etc., though eminently shelfworthy, are very expensive."

Etymology

From shelf + -worthy.

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