English Explanatory Dictionary

shelving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of shelve
noun
  1. Shelves collectively.
  2. The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
  3. A sloping surface.

Word forms

shelving more shelving most shelving shelvings

Etymology

By surface analysis, shelve + -ing.

Synonyms

inclining pitched tilted declivity slope

Related words

shelfing

Derived words

shelvingly bookshelving deshelving
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