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31shell — bomb·shell; shell·ap·ple; shell; shell·drake; shell·duck; shell·er; shell·fish·ery; shell·man; un·shell; sub·shell; tor·toise·shell; …
32shell — I UK [ʃel] / US noun Word forms shell : singular shell plural shells ** 1) [countable/uncountable] the hard outer part that protects the body of a sea creature a crab shell The kids were collecting shells on the beach. a) [countable/uncountable]… …
33shell — In Unix, the command processor. The shell accepts commands from the user, interprets them, and passes them to the operating system for execution. The three major shells are the Bourne shell (the original Unix shell from AT&T), the C shell… …
34Shell — I Shell [ʃel], Royal Dutch/Shell Gruppe. II Shell [ʃel; englisch »Schale«] die, / s, Informatik: 1) unter dem Betriebssystem UNIX ein …
35shell — n. 1) to fire a shell at 2) to fuse a shell 3) to lob a shell (our artillery was lobbing shells into enemy positions) 4) an armor piercing; high explosive; hollow charge; incendiary; mortar; smoke shell 5) shells burst * * * [ʃel] high explosive… …
36shell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bomb, bombard, cannonade, strafe, pepper; shuck, strip, pod, hull. See attack, divestment. n. case; carapace; husk, seashell; bomb, grenade, explosive, shrapnel, torpedo; boat, cockleshell, racing… …
37shell — shell1 [ ʃel ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the hard outer part that protects the body of an ocean creature: a crab shell The kids were collecting shells on the beach. a ) count or uncount the hard outer part that protects the body of other… …
38shell — noun 1》 the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean. ↘the thin outer covering of a bird s or reptile s egg. ↘the outer case of a nut kernel or seed. ↘the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin. ↘the wing cases… …
39shell — 1 noun 1 (C) a) a hard outer part that covers or protects a nut, egg, or seed and some types of animal: a snail shell b) the shell of a small sea animal such as a cockle or mussel especially one that is lying on a beach 2 (C) a metal container,… …
40shell — [[t]ʃɛl[/t]] n. 1) zool. a hard outer covering of an animal, as of a clam, snail, lobster, or turtle 2) zool. the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind 3) zool. the hard exterior of an egg 4) bot the usu. hard outer covering …
