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shelfwards

shelfwards is the alternative form of shelfward.

Meaning of shelfward

Adverb

shelfward (not comparable)

  1. Toward a (geological) shelf.

Origin of shelfwards

From shelf + -wards.

Questions about shelfwards

What is shelfwards the alternative form of?
Shelfwards is the alternative form of shelfward.

Words near shelfwards in the dictionary

  1. Shelford
  2. shelfroom
  3. shelfrooms
  4. shelfs
  5. shelfward
  6. shelfwards
  7. shelfware
  8. shelfwork
  9. shelfworks
  10. shelfworn
  11. shelfworthy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shelfwards (page history and authors); shelfward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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