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Pronunciation
sh�l, /��l/, /<tt>SEl</tt>/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�l|-�l

Noun
en-noun

1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal:

#* The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
#* A pod.
#* The hard covering of an egg.
#* The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
#* The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.

1. Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
2. (plural: shell) An artillery projectile or charge case:

#* A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuze or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
#* The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.

1. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
2. (garment) A top, usually worn by women, with short or no sleeves that fastens, if it does, in the rear.
3. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
4. music An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
5. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
6. The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
7. nautical A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
8. A drum shell; the usually wooden, cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and attaching drum heads.
9. computing A general-purpose environment, usually CLI|command-line-oriented, within which other commands are invoked and their interactions controlled.
10. context|chemistry A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.

Translations
trans-top|hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal
Czech: schránka f (of an animal)
Dutch: schil f, schaal f
Finnish: kuori, panssari (if exceptionally hard)
Greek: κέλ��ο� (kelifos) n, κά�α (kapsa) f, (colloquial) ����λι (tsofli) n
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Portuguese: casca f, concha f
Spanish: cáscara f (fruit), concha f (animal)
Swedish: skal n
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trans-top|covering, or outside part, of a nut
Czech: sko�ápka f
Dutch: schaal f, omhulsel n
Finnish: kuori
Greek: κέλ��ο� (kelifos) n, ����λι (tsofli) n
Portuguese: casca f
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Spanish: cáscara f
Swedish: skal n
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trans-top|A pod
Greek: κά�α (kapsa) f
Portuguese: vagem
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trans-top|The hard covering of an egg
Czech: sko�ápka f
Dutch: schaal f, eierschaal f
German: Schale f, Eierschale f
Greek: κέλ��ο� (kelifos) n, ����λι (tsofli) n
Portuguese: casca f
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Spanish: cáscara f
Swedish: äggskal n
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trans-top|The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates
Czech: ulita f (of a snail), kruný� m (of a tortoise)
French: coquillage
Dutch: schelp f
Greek: ����ακο (ostrako) n, κο��λι (kokhili) n
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Portuguese: concha f
Spanish: concha f
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trans-top|Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering
French: coquillage
Dutch: schelp f
Greek: ����ακα (ostraka) n p
Portuguese: ostras f, moluscos m, crustáceos m
Spanish: crustáceo m, marisco m
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trans-top|A hollow projectile
Dutch: obus m
Greek: κάλ�κα� (kalikas) n, οβίδα (ovida) f
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trans-top|The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder
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trans-top|Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure
Swedish: skal n
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trans-top|A coarse kind of coffin
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trans-top|An instrument of music, as a lyre
Dutch: lier f
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trans-top|An engraved copper roller
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trans-top|The husks of cacao seeds
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trans-top|The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve
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trans-top|A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell
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trans-top|A drum shell; the usually wooden, cylindrical acoustic chamber
Greek: ��μ�ανο (timpano) n
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trans-top|A general-purpose environment; usually CLI-oriented
Greek: κέλ��ο� (kelifos) n, �ε�μα�ικ� (termatiko) n
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Verb
en-verb

1. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
2. To bombard, to fire projectiles at.
3. informal To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

Translations
trans-top|to remove the outer covering or shell of something
Dutch: schillen (fruit), kraken (nut), pellen (fruit or crustacean)
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Swedish: skala
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trans-top|to bombard, to fire projectiles at
Dutch: bombarderen
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Derived terms
clamshell
eggshell
seashell
shellfish
shell suit
tortoiseshell
shell out
shell script
come out of one's shell

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