place upright meaning

Definition of place upright

1. put into an upright position
   • Can you stand the bookshelf up?

   Synonyms: stand, stand up

   Type of: put

place upright in a sentence

• These bottles should be placed upright, not lying down.

How to pronounce place upright

place upright is pronounced /pleɪs ˈʌpraɪt/ in British English and /pleɪs əˈpraɪt/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.