Shell Meaning and Definition

Word: Shell

How to pronounce: ʃel

Noun

Definitions:

1. The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean.

Example sentences: "Cowrie shells"

2. An explosive artillery projectile or bomb.

Example sentences: "The sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion"

3. Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case.

Example sentences: "Pasta shells"

4. The metal framework of a vehicle body.

Example sentences: "As they closed a hatch, a dozen of men appeared on the platform, but their blasters could not do any harm to the metal shell of the vehicle."

5. A light racing boat used in the sport of crew.

Example sentences: "The glow from the rising sun reflects off the sleek rowing shells as they glide on the Mississippi River."

6. An inner or roughly made coffin.

7. The hand guard of a sword.

8. Each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies.

Example sentences: "In a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first"

9. Short for shell program

Example sentences: "All UNIX / Linux shells support output redirection using the same syntax."

Verb

Definitions:

1. Bombard with shells.

Example sentences: "The guns started shelling their positions"

2. Remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed)

Example sentences: "They were shelling peas"

3. Gather seashells.

Synonyms:

sheath

hull

membrane

jacket

encasement

casing

housing

wrapper

case

shell structure

bark

enclosure

skin

cladding

coating

covering

shield

veneer

command processor

command interpreter

command shell

mussel

wash basin

clam

seashell

mollusc

sea shell

conch

mollusk

eggshell

shuck

husk

cartridge case

liner

shell ring

carapace

coat of mail

armor

cocoon

pod

capsule

cover

skeleton

framing

armature

frame

fork up

framework

structure

shelly limestone

surface

plate

blast

Derivations:

shelled

shelling

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