معنی کلمه :‌ pontifice

Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library. 2. To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim. To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.