The phrase "a separate shelf" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a distinct or individual shelf that is not part of a larger unit or collection.
Example: "Please place the books on a separate shelf to keep them organized and easily accessible."
Alternatives: "an individual shelf" or "a distinct shelf".
In adult fiction, most fantasy is firmly directed to a separate shelf in bookshops, whereas various genres mix happily in the children's and teenage sections.
Whenever the children ask for American food, Mr. Phan takes them out to dinner or makes pasta with them and serves it with his Western condiments, which are stored on a separate shelf from his Vietnamese ones.
AUDIENCE: Well, building on that question, in Asia and Africa and continents where they don't have fancy grants and funding that we have here and in Europe, there's not the same demonization, such as Prince Charles screaming about GMOs all the time, and people putting foods that are so labeled on a separate floor, or a separate shelf, or a separate continent.
I still remember how my local video store used to have a separate shelf of Criterion DVDs (yes, it was kind of pretentious), and I guess we can think of FilmStruck as the online equivalent.
Divide a large, varied fiction collection by genre, keeping each one on a separate shelf or group of shelves.
If you must keep them stocked for another family member, try keeping them in a separate cupboard or on a separate shelf.
She instructs me to buy five separate Shelf Barn gift cards using the five credit card gift certificates, then apply them to the bookshelf.
Each cabinet holds a number of separate shelves (or racks), each of which may be independently removed.
The shape is aggressively molded for a right-handed person, and there are separate shelves or ripples in the mold for your thumb, ring finger, and pinky.
The law was not Yee's first attempt to regulate video game sales in California; in 2004, he attempted to pass a law which would have required retailers to present M-rated games on separate shelves from lower-rated games, of at least 5 feet from the ground.
Eventually, keeping their thoughts apart felt as awkward as having separate shelves in the refrigerator.
