shelves

Noun

• Multiple flat, rigid surfaces for holding articles; plural of shelf.
• a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
• a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
• plural of shelf
• plural of shelve

Verb

• hold back to a later time
• place on a shelf
• third-person singular simple present indicative of shelve

Examples

• His vocabulary seemed to contain SHELVES of unusual words, ready for any Scrabble challenge.

Synonyms

defer, hold over, ledge, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelf, shelve, table