deshelving

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noun

The removal of goods for sale at a shop from display and availability.

“controlled optical deshelving”

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Meanings

noundeshelving (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe removal of goods for sale at a shop from display and availability.

    Hence the uproar over the Olympia Food Co-op's institutional boycott of Israeli products through deshelving.

    2013, M. Hallward, Transnational Activism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, →ISBN, page 197
  2. uncountablenatural sciencesThe process in which electrons change to an orbital with a lower, intermediate level of excitation.

    controlled optical deshelving

Origin

From de- + shelving.

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APA

deshelving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deshelving

MLA

“deshelving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deshelving. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deshelving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deshelving.

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