shelving

Meaning

Adj

Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).

Verb

present participle and gerund of shelve

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Shelves collectively.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A sloping surface.

shelve

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• Noun
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Synonyms

pigeonholing

rack

shelves

cliff

crag

crags

declivity

dip

foreland

heeling

ignoring

inclination

inclined

lean

leaning

ness

obliquity

precipice

rock

🪨

shelf

slant

smothering

stand

tilt

sloping down

treating with silent contempt

closing down

flowing downwards

bluff

clogwyn

canceling

cancelling

Translations

estantería

scaffalatura

rayonnage

prestatgeria

Felsvorsprung

Kliff

cingle

lagernd

Regale

Steilküste

Felsenriff

Auf-Eis-Legen

Auf-die-lange-Bank-Schieben

Felswand

Klippe

Etymology

By surface analysis, shelve + -ing.