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SHELVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shelver mean?
• SHELVER (noun)
The noun SHELVER has 1 sense:
1. a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
Familiarity information: SHELVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("shelver" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Derivation:
shelve (place on a shelf)
shelve (hold back to a later time)
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