Shell
Meaning of Shell
noun
- the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean.
cowrie shells
the technique of carving shell
- an explosive artillery projectile or bomb.
the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion
shell holes
- 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 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.
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
- short for shell program.
- bombard with shells.
several villages north of the security zone were shelled
- remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed).
they were shelling peas
Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’, also to scale1. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in shell (sense 2 of the verb).
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Hyphenation of Shell
Shell
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Shell is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Shell synonyms
Meaning carapace:
Meaning eggshell:
Meaning case:
Meaning plate:
Meaning blast:
Meaning beat:
beat, crush, trounce, vanquish
Meaning husk:
Meaning the external side or surface of something:
Meaning the outer structure of a building:
Meaning a missile designed to be fired from a gun:
Meaning a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device:
Meaning a small bomb thrown by hand or launched mechanically:
Meaning a metal projectile for firing from a rifle, revolver, or other small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed, and sometimes containing an explosive:
Meaning a casing containing a charge and a bullet or shot for small arms or an explosive charge for blasting:
Meaning the firing of a gun or cannon:
Meaning an essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object:
Meaning the rigid supporting structure of an object such as a vehicle, building, or piece of furniture:
Meaning the base frame of a car, carriage, or other wheeled vehicle:
Meaning the supporting framework, basic structure, or essential part of something:
Meaning the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings:
Meaning attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz:
Meaning attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft:
Meaning discharge heavy guns continuously:
Meaning remove or take out, especially by effort or force:
Meaning (of a plant) bear or form pods:
Meaning remove the shucks from maize or shellfish:
Anagrams of Shell
Words that rhyme with Shell
Hell, hell, Michell, Mitchell, Rochell, Schell, Twitchell, Vachell, Wiechell, Winchell, dratchell, futchell, mochell, muchell, satchell, rakehell, Mighell, inhell, Goldshell, Hershell, Moshell, Rayshell, Winshell, aeroshell, beshell, bodyshell, bombshell, clamshell, cockleshell, dosshell, earshell, eggshell, enshell, figshell, hardshell, inshell, jusshell, lampshell, moonshell, nutshell, oystershell, papershell, seashell, shell, shotshell, slitshell, softshell, subshell, toothshell, tortoiseshell
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