Answer to "Put on the shelf" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STOCK , but the solution may also be DEFER which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in CrossSynergy).

Put on the shelf crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
STOCK	25 %	5
STAYED	25 %	6
RETIRE	25 %	6
DEFER	25 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Put on the shelf

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• shelve
• store
• bracket
• counter
• end
• set
• staged
• top
• bank
• ice
• period
• rack

Crossword Answer definitions

STOCK noun

1. A store or supply.
2. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
3. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
4. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
5. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
6. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
7. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
8. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
9. A bar, stick or rod.
10. A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
11. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
12. A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
13. A cover for the legs; a stocking.
14. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
15. (by extension) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
16. The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
17. (in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
18. (in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
19. In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
20. The beater of a fulling mill.

STOCK verb

1. To have on hand for sale.
2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
4. To put in the stocks as punishment.
5. To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
6. To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

STOCK adjective

1. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
2. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
3. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

STOCK noun

1. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result STOCK

• Keep on hand
• Soup base
• ___-in-trade
• Inventory
• Repertory theater
• Warehouse supply
• Fill with fish
• Merchandise
• It might be traded or taken
• Wall Street purchase

More clues leading to the result STAYED

• Didn't raise
• Remained
• Lingered
• Didn't budge
• Didn't leave
• Put on the shelf
• Stuck it out
• Didn't take off
• Hung around
• Stuck around

More clues leading to the result RETIRE

• Hit the sack
• Collect Canada Pension
• Go to bed
• Hang 'em up
• Leave work
• Put out to pasture
• Withdraw
• What kids don't like to do at a slumber party
• Receive a golden handshake, perhaps
• Stop working

More clues leading to the result DEFER

• Put off
• Hold off
• Yield to another's wishes
• Postpone, as an action
• Put off till later
• Bow, in a way
• Postpone
• Table
• Wait for a better time
• Submit to authority