shelves

[shelvz] / ʃɛlvz /

Part of Speech:

All (2) Noun (1) Verb (1)

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jutting, flat area or piece n.
defer, postpone v.

NOUN

jutting, flat area or piece

Synonyms

STRONGEST

counter cupboard ledge rack

STRONG

bank bracket console mantelpiece mantle reef ridge rock shallow shoal

VERB

defer, postpone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

freeze give up mothball prolong put off suspend waive

STRONG

delay dismiss drop hold pigeonhole prorogue scrub sideline stay table

WEAK

hang up hold off hold over hold up lay aside put aside put on back burner put on hold put on ice slow up tie up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

continue go

STRONG

advance

WEAK

carry out do go ahead

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shelves

Cereal boxes, Marion Nestle and Lisa Sutherland explain, are “billboards displaying marketing messages on supermarket shelves and breakfast tables across America.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

She also lamented the lack of a choice of Manx produce on the shelves of multinational supermarkets.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Hot Wheels and building sets are moving off store shelves.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

But it suggested bigger risks ahead if the world’s largest chains decided, one day, to stock their shelves with more products bearing their own names that competed directly with P&G brands.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Danny hurried between the shelves to return the books he’d been reading.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova