how to pronounce shelve

/ʃɛlv/

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shelve is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of shelve in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… then we decided to shelve the rolls for …”

meanings of shelve

verb:

To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
To furnish with shelves.
To have sex with.
To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.
To set aside; to quit or postpone.
To place on a shelf.

noun:

A rocky ledge or shelf.

shelve frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word shelve occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.