Shell

/ΚƒΙ›l/

The meaning and definition of Shell, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
    β€œThe restaurant served caramelized onion shells.”
  2. A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
    β€œThe first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.”
verb
  1. To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
    β€œNuts shell in falling.”
  2. To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
Synonyms shell-like

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