Meaning of Shelving | Babel Free
Definitions
- Shelves collectively.
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The side-rails of a cart or waggon. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- A sloping surface.
Equivalents
Examples
“a shelving unit”
“There is ample shelving in the basement.”
“So, creaking and creaking, and the shelvins skirling under the weight of their load⟳, they passed that danger point⟳, the carts plodded into motion again […]”
“[…] the way was all along set⟳ so full of Snares, Traps, Gins, and Nets here, and so full of Pits, Pitfalls, deep holes and shelvings down there, that had it now been dark […] had he had a thousand souls, they had in reason⟳ been cast⟳ away;”
“[The little room] had more corners in it than the brain of an obstinate man; was full of mad closets, into which nothing could be put⟳ that was not specially invented and made for that purpose; had mysterious shelvings and bulk-heads […]”
“dry light⟳ sand, blown from higher shelvings, striped the dark wet⟳ edges of the shore”
“Frau Von Zeck settled her powerful chins upon the coarse shelving of her Wagnerian breasts […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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