1
: a sloping surface or place
2
: the state or degree of sloping
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
The airy, open plan groups together a large living room under soaring windows, an adjoining dining room and a kitchen with white counters and open shelving.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Photo : James Stevens/Front Range Media The closet has lighted shelving.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
The massive box set, which arrives June 27, features seven complete records that Springsteen recorded between 1983 and 2018, but wound up shelving.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This one has plenty of storage space and open shelving to display home decor.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
The airy, open plan groups together a large living room under soaring windows, an adjoining dining room and a kitchen with white counters and open shelving.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Photo : James Stevens/Front Range Media The closet has lighted shelving.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
The massive box set, which arrives June 27, features seven complete records that Springsteen recorded between 1983 and 2018, but wound up shelving.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shelving
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“Shelving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelving. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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