self-assembly shelves
nounUK /ˌself əˈsembli ʃelvz/
US /ˌself əˈsembli ʃelvz/
Shelves that you put together yourself from a box.
We bought self-assembly shelves for the new apartment and built them in an afternoon.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Shelving units sold as disassembled parts for the buyer to construct.
The store's self-assembly shelves come with all the screws and panels included.
3. A storage system designed for easy home construction without special tools.
These self-assembly shelves snap together without any glue or nails.
4. Shelves that form themselves automatically through a physical or chemical process.
In the lab, the self-assembly shelves of molecules arranged into a lattice.