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NOUN

Definition - A hard external covering of an animal.
Definition - The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
Definition - One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
Example - The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Definition - A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - (rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - The outward form independent of what is inside.
Example - The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
Definition - The empty outward form of someone or something.
Example - The setback left him a mere shell; he was never the same again.
Definition - An emaciated person.
Example - He's lost so much weight from illness; he's a shell of his former self.
Definition - A psychological barrier to social interaction.
Example - Even after months of therapy he's still in his shell.
Definition - An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
Example - 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".
Definition - A legal entity that has no operations.
Example - A shell corporation was formed to acquire the old factory.
Definition - A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
Example - A shell corporation was formed to acquire the old factory.
Definition - A gouge bit or shell bit.
Example - A shell corporation was formed to acquire the old factory.
Definition - The onset and coda of a syllable.
Example - A shell corporation was formed to acquire the old factory.
Definition - A person's ear.
Example - Can I have a quick word in your shell?
Synonyms - shell-like

VERB

Definition - To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
Example - Can I have a quick word in your shell?
Definition - To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
Example - Can I have a quick word in your shell?
Definition - To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
Example - Can I have a quick word in your shell?
Definition - To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
Example - Can I have a quick word in your shell?
Definition - To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
Example - Nuts shell in falling.
Definition - To switch to a shell or command line.
Example - Nuts shell in falling.
Definition - To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
Example - Nuts shell in falling.
Definition - To form a shelling.
Example - Nuts shell in falling.

Words in your word

shells ₉

hells ₈ shell ₈ sells ₅

hell ₇ sesh ₇ shes ₇ ells ₄ less ₄ sell ₄ sels ₄

hes ₆ she ₆ ell ₃ els ₃ ess ₃ les ₃ sel ₃

eh ₅ he ₅ sh ₅ el ₂ es ₂

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