shelves

[shelvz] / ʃɛlvz /

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

Example Sentences

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The pick and shovel differ from the ordinary types in having rather shorter helves suitable for the confined space in which they are used.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

An' then it helves my thoughts ez slick Ez stret-grained hickory doos a hetchet.

From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations by Lowell, James Russell

So he made two extra helves and had a dozen cornel-wood pegs ready to drive out the bit of broken handle next time I broke it; as I did, according to his laughing forecast.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

The weeders should be armed with the best steel hoes, with factory-made helves of ash, light and slightly flexible.

From The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses by Jones, B. W.

In the right hand they carried broad, huge, terrible axes, set in oaken, blackened helves, longer than the arm of a grown man.

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.