Shell
/ΚΙl/
The meaning and definition of Shell, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
βThe restaurant served caramelized onion shells.β
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A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
βThe first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.β
verb
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To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
βNuts shell in falling.β
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
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Synonyms
shell-like
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