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shell
has definitions from the fields of zoology,military,arms,nautical,transportation,botany
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[ noun ] (military,arms) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
Used in print (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)He put the shells on the table , as though he could no_longer bear to hold them . Related terms ammunition shrapnel whizbang artillery_shell tank_shell shotgun_shell blast |
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[ noun ] the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Used in print (The Providence Journal...)By the end of the third act , the artist is dead but the body lingers on , a shell among other shells . By the end of the third act , the artist is dead but the body lingers on , a shell among other shells . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)They possessed no outer fortifications , no hard shells of confidence ; they had enough difficulty getting from day to day , let_alone having an awful crime thrust upon them . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) the hard protective layer covering the body of many invertebrates especially arthropods
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[ noun ] (zoology) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)And the cast shell of a locust , straw colored and transparent , weighing nothing , fragile but entire , with eyes like bubbles and a gaping slit down its back . Every morning early , in the summer , we searched the trunks of the trees as high as we could reach for the locust shells , carefully detached their hooked claws from the bark where they hung , and stabled them , a weird faery herd , in an angle between the high roots of the tulip_tree , where no grass grew in the dense shade . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a rigid covering that envelops an object
Examples "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a very light narrow racing boat
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[ verb ] remove from its shell or outer covering
Examples "shell the legumes" "shell mussels" Related terms |
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[ verb ] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Examples "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" "We beat the competition" "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
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[ verb ] hit the pitches of hard and regularly
Examples "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" Related terms |
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[ verb ] look for and collect shells by the seashore
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[ noun ] a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2399
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[ noun ] (zoology) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc
Related terms covering clamshell seashell oyster_shell phragmocone scallop_shell |
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