shell

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shell
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Meanings
noun
  • the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean.
    E.g. cowrie shells
  • an explosive artillery projectile or bomb.
    E.g. the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion
  • something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case.
    E.g. pasta shells
  • the metal framework of a vehicle body.
  • a light racing boat.
  • an inner or roughly made coffin.
  • the hand guard of a sword.
  • each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies.
    E.g. in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first
  • short for shell program.
verb
  • bombard with shells.
    E.g. several villages north of the security zone were shelled
  • remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed).
    E.g. they were shelling peas

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