Meaning & Definition of Shell in English
Shell
noun
1. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile
- Fired from a large gun
- shell
2. The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- shell
3. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- carapace,
- shell,
- cuticle,
- shield
4. The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- shell
5. The exterior covering of a bird's egg
- shell,
- eggshell
6. A rigid covering that envelops an object
- "The satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
- shell
7. A very light narrow racing boat
- shell,
- racing shell
8. The housing or outer covering of something
- "The clock has a walnut case"
- shell,
- case,
- casing
9. A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- plate,
- scale,
- shell
10. The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- shell
verb
1. Use explosives on
- "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
- blast,
- shell
2. Create by using explosives
- "Blast a passage through the mountain"
- blast,
- shell
3. Fall out of the pod or husk
- "The corn shelled"
- shell
4. Hit the pitches of hard and regularly
- "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
- shell
5. Look for and collect shells by the seashore
- shell
6. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- "Agassi beat becker in the tennis championship"
- "We beat the competition"
- "Harvard defeated yale in the last football game"
- beat,
- beat out,
- crush,
- shell,
- trounce,
- vanquish
7. Remove from its shell or outer covering
- "Shell the legumes"
- "Shell mussels"
- shell
8. Remove the husks from
- "Husk corn"
- husk,
- shell