Shelving
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Shelving is an adjective meaning Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).
Meaning
Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of shelve
- Shelves collectively.
- (now rare) A sloping surface.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
Example Sentences
a shelving unit
There is ample shelving in the basement.
The town of Abda is built upon the top and down the steeply shelving face of an isolated rocky spur,
We still continued winding round Skiddaw, the sides of which are every where rather shelving, than steep.
Word Forms
- shelvings
Synonyms for shelving
Depending on context, synonyms include inclining, pitched, tilted, declivity, slope.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include table, remit, postpone, defer, put off, stowage.
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