shell
noun
1. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
Definition categories: man–made, ammo, ammunition
2. the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Definition categories: substance
3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Similar word(s): carapace, cuticle, shield
Definition categories: animal, scute
4. the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
Definition categories: plant, hull
5. the exterior covering of a bird's egg
Similar word(s): eggshell
Definition categories: object, cover, covering
6. a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
Definition categories: object, cover, covering
7. a very light narrow racing boat
Definition categories: man–made
8. the housing or outer covering of something
Definition categories: man–made, housing
9. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Definition categories: man–made, shield
10. the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
Definition categories: animal, cover, covering
Sentences with shell as a noun:
- In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.
- Genuine mother of pearl buttons are made from sea shells.
- The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan.
- The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
- The name shell originates from it being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the internals of the operating system.
- The name "Bash" is an acronym which stands for "Bourne-again shell", itself a pun on the name of the "Bourne shell", an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen Bourne, and the Christian concept of being "born again".
- He's lost so much weight from illness; he's a shell of his former self.
- Even after months of therapy he's still in his shell.
- A shell corporation was formed to acquire the old factory.
verb
1. use explosives on
- The enemy has been shelling us all day
Similar word(s): blast
Definition categories: competition, bomb, bombard
2. create by using explosives
Similar word(s): blast
Definition categories: creation, create, make
3. fall out of the pod or husk
- The corn shelled
Definition categories: contact, emerge
4. hit the pitches of hard and regularly
- He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
Definition categories: contact, hit
5. look for and collect shells by the seashore
Definition categories: contact, gather
6. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Similar word(s): beat, crush, trounce, vanquish
Definition categories: competition, defeat, overcome
7. remove from its shell or outer covering
- shell the legumes
- shell mussels
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
8. remove the husks from
Similar word(s): husk
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
Sentences with shell as a verb:
- Nuts shell in falling.
- Wheat or rye shells in reaping.