Boost your vocab and unleash your potential!

Recently viewed words:
Definitions of shelve
  1. verb
    hold back to a later time
    type of:
  2. verb
    place on a shelf
    "shelve books"
Definition that contains shelve
  • counter a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
  • cabinet a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
  • spine the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
  • aisle passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
  • buffet a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
  • dresser a cabinet with shelves
  • backbone the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
  • stacks storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored
  • gangway passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
  • bookcase a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books
My lists:
Recently viewed words: