How do you pronounce shelves?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɛlvz/.

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shelves

/ˈʃɛlvz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

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verb

themselves ourselves yourselves selves elves delves theirselves

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