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Meaning of word shell from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

shell   noun

Meaning : Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile. Fired from a large gun.

Meaning : The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals.

Meaning : Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.

Synonyms : carapace, cuticle, shield

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कचकड़ कछुए को सुरक्षा प्रदान करता है।
कचकड़, कटाह

Meaning : The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts.

Meaning : The exterior covering of a bird's egg.

Synonyms : eggshell

Meaning : A rigid covering that envelops an object.

Example : The satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice.

Meaning : A very light narrow racing boat.

Synonyms : racing shell

Meaning : The housing or outer covering of something.

Example : The clock has a walnut case.

Synonyms : case, casing

Meaning : A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners).

Synonyms : plate, scale

Meaning : The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod.

shell   verb

Meaning : Use explosives on.

Example : The enemy has been shelling us all day.

Synonyms : blast

Meaning : Create by using explosives.

Example : Blast a passage through the mountain.

Synonyms : blast

Meaning : Fall out of the pod or husk.

Example : The corn shelled.

Meaning : Hit the pitches of hard and regularly.

Example : He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.

Meaning : Look for and collect shells by the seashore.

Meaning : Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.

Example : Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship.
We beat the competition.
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game.

Synonyms : beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish

Meaning : Remove from its shell or outer covering.

Example : Shell the legumes.
Shell mussels.

Meaning : Remove the husks from.

Example : Husk corn.

Synonyms : husk

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