transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃel ]
( shells, shelling, shelled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The shell of a nut or egg is the hard covering which surrounds it.
They cracked the nuts and removed their shells...
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Shell is the substance that a shell is made of.
...beads made from ostrich egg shell.
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2.
The shell of an animal such as a tortoise, snail, or crab is the hard protective covering that it has around its body or on its back.
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Shells are hard objects found on beaches. They are usually pink, white, or brown and are the coverings which used to surround small sea creatures.
I collect shells and interesting seaside items.
...sea shells.
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4.
If you shell nuts, peas, prawns, or other food, you remove their natural outer covering.
She shelled and ate a few nuts.
...shelled prawns.
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5.
If someone comes out of their shell , they become more friendly and interested in other people and less quiet, shy, and reserved.
Her normally shy son had come out of his shell.
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6.
The shell of a building, boat, car, or other structure is the outside frame of it.
...the shells of burned buildings...
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7.
A shell is a weapon consisting of a metal container filled with explosives that can be fired from a large gun over long distances.
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8.
To shell a place means to fire explosive shells at it.
The rebels shelled the densely-populated suburbs near the port.
VERB : V n
• shell‧ing
(shellings)
Out on the streets, the shelling continued.
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