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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 shelvesplay

  Familiarity information: SHELVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHELVER (noun)


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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