- nounshell (noun) · shells (plural noun) · one's shell (noun) · one's shells (plural noun)
- the hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean:"cowrie shells" · "the technique of carving shell"
- the thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.
- the outer case of a nut kernel or seed:"peanuts roasted in their shells"
- the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.
- the wing cases of a beetle.
- the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.
- (one's shell)used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion:"she'll soon come out of her shell with the right encouragement"
- an explosive artillery projectile or bomb:"the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion" · "shell holes"
- a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa cartridge.
- something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case:"pasta shells" · "baked pastry shells filled with cheese"
- the walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure:"the hotel was a shell, the roof having collapsed completely"
- an outer form without substance:"he was a shell of the man he had been previously"
- the metal framework of a vehicle body.
- a light racing boat used in the sport of crew.
- an inner or roughly made coffin.
- the hand guard of a sword.
- physicseach of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies:"in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first" · "an electron descending from one shell to a lower one emits an X-ray"
- computingshort for shell program
verbshell (verb) · shells (third person present) · shelled (past tense) · shelled (past participle) · shelling (present participle)- bombard with shells:"the guns started shelling their positions"
- remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed):"they were shelling peas"
- gather seashells:"there was nothing to do except swim or go shelling on the beaches"
OriginOld English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’, also to scale. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in shell.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- the hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean:
- an explosive artillery projectile or bomb:
- the metal framework of a vehicle body.
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