Hyphenation of shelve

Are you trying to hyphenate shelve? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

shelve

Definitions of shelve:

1.	Hold back to a later time Let's postpone the exam
2.	Place on a shelf Shelve books

Synonyms of shelve:

verb	postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, set back, defer, remit, put off, delay
verb	put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.