Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misshelve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-shelve
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mis- + shelve.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

misshelves (present, singular) misshelving (participle, present) misshelved (participle, past) misshelved (past)

Questions

What does misshelve mean?
To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify.
Where does misshelve come from?
From mis- + shelve.

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