"shelfmate" meaning in All languages combined

See shelfmate on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: shelfmates [plural]
Etymology: From shelf + -mate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shelf|mate}} shelf + -mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} shelfmate (plural shelfmates)
  1. A book or other object located on the same shelf.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017, Stuart Fortey, The Diva in the Duck Pond, page 63:",
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