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shelver

shelver noun: one who or that which shelves something.

Noun

shelver (plural shelvers)

  1. One who or that which shelves something.
    • Some students do part-time work as shelvers in the library.

Forms of shelver

pluralshelvers

Origin of shelver

From shelve + -er.

Words formed from shelver

Questions about shelver

What does shelver mean?
Shelver means one who or that which shelves something.
What part of speech is shelver?
Shelver is a noun.
What is the plural of shelver?
The plural of shelver is shelvers.

Words near shelver in the dictionary

  1. sheltrons
  2. sheltrum
  3. shelty
  4. shelve
  5. shelved
  6. shelver
  7. shelvers
  8. shelves
  9. shelveset
  10. shelvesets
  11. shelvesful

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