shelving

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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shelving verb

To place on a shelf.“The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.”
To set aside; to quit or postpone.“They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.”
To furnish with shelves.“to shelve a closet or a library”
To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

Noun

shelving noun

Shelves collectively.“There is ample shelving in the basement.”
(chiefly in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
The bank of a river etc.

Adjective

shelving adjective

Sloping steeply

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Synonyms

coitize go to bed with sleep with pigeonhole table remit set back put over postpone defer put off hold over stowage storing stay staying storage shelf

Associated

racking drawers pallet bodleian shelves roan bins stacks shelved aisles rack fittings

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