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[Noun] | "shell" | \ ˈshel \

1: a hard rigid usually largely calcareous covering or support of an animal

2: the hard or tough often thin outer covering of an egg (as of a bird or reptile)

3: the covering or outside part of a fruit or seed especially when hard or fibrous

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English, from Old English sciell; akin to Old English scealu shell, Old Norse skel, Lithuanian skelti to split, Greek skallein to hoe;

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[Noun] | "band shell"

1: a bandstand having at the rear a sounding board shaped like a huge concave seashell

Origin: 1897 ;

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[Noun] | "ear shell"

1: abalone

Origin: 1688 ;

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[Noun] | "moon shell"

1: moon snail

Origin: 1923 ;

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[Noun] | "patty shell"

1: a shell of puff pastry made to hold a creamed meat, fish, or vegetable filling

Origin: 1898 ;

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[Noun] | "star shell"

1: a shell that on bursting releases a shower of brilliant stars and is used for signaling

2: a shell with an illuminating projectile

Origin: circa 1876 ;

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[Noun] | "tooth shell"

1: any of a class (Scaphopoda) of burrowing marine mollusks with a tapering tubular shell; also : this shell

Origin: circa 1711 ;

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[Verb] | "shell"

1: to take out of a natural enclosing cover (such as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule)

2: to separate the kernels of (corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk

3: to throw shells at, upon, or into : bombard

Origin: 1562 ;

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[Verb] | "shell out"

1: pay

Origin: 1801 ;

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[Noun] | "shells"

1: something that encloses another thing especially to protect it;

* e.g., " ... eating oysters straight out of their shells "

Antonyms :
insides,
interiors

2: the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form;

* e.g., " ... workers at the shipyard have thus far erected the shell of the ship "

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3: an outer part or layer;

* e.g., " ... the shell of the building is all glass, making it conspicuous on a street with mostly limestone facades "

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[Noun] | "shell"

1: something that encloses another thing especially to protect it;

* e.g., " ... eating oysters straight out of their shells "

Antonyms :
inside,
interior

2: the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form;

* e.g., " ... workers at the shipyard have thus far erected the shell of the ship "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

3: an outer part or layer;

* e.g., " ... the shell of the building is all glass, making it conspicuous on a street with mostly limestone facades "

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[Verb] | "shells"

1: to remove the natural covering of;

* e.g., " ... shelling peanuts "

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2: to use bombs or artillery against;

* e.g., " ... the enemy shelled the city for days without letup "

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[Verb] | "shell"

1: to remove the natural covering of;

* e.g., " ... shelling peanuts "

Synonyms :
bark,
flay,
hull,
husk,
peel,
shuck,
skin

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2: to use bombs or artillery against;

* e.g., " ... the enemy shelled the city for days without letup "

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[Verb] | "shells out"

1: to hand over or use up in payment;

* e.g., " ... we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets "

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[Verb] | "shell out"

1: to hand over or use up in payment;

* e.g., " ... we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets "

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