1
: a sloping surface or place
2
: the state or degree of sloping
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2025
The Ritz-Carlton preserved historic details like century-old shelving and original onsen (hot spring) plumbing without crossing into museum territory.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Concrete floor and walls, old secondhand rusty metal shelving to store her things, and an old curb-find kitchen table as a desk.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
These paths have included, so far, working with hair lotion, shea-butter soap, wax, shelving, at least one piano, mirrors, tiles, vinyl records, and old wooden floors as well as such conventional art products as oil paint and canvas.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Eleven Interiors Eleven Interiors designed a glamorous custom wet bar in a client’s penthouse, incorporating brass and glass shelving to provide display opportunities for the client’s extensive glassware and liquor collection.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2025
The Ritz-Carlton preserved historic details like century-old shelving and original onsen (hot spring) plumbing without crossing into museum territory.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Concrete floor and walls, old secondhand rusty metal shelving to store her things, and an old curb-find kitchen table as a desk.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
These paths have included, so far, working with hair lotion, shea-butter soap, wax, shelving, at least one piano, mirrors, tiles, vinyl records, and old wooden floors as well as such conventional art products as oil paint and canvas.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 31 Mar. 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 25 Apr. 2025.
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