shelving

Meaning of shelving

verb
  1. To place on a shelf.
    The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.
  2. To set aside; to quit or postpone.
    They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.
  3. To furnish with shelves.
    to shelve a closet or a library
  4. To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
  5. To have sex with.
  6. To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.
noun
  1. Shelves collectively.
    There is ample shelving in the basement.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
  3. The bank of a river etc.

adjective

Sloping steeply

Information about shelving

  • The plural form of shelving is: shelvings.
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Hyphenation of shelving

shelv-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • shelving is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

shelving synonyms

Meaning :

pigeonhole, table

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