shell

  • 41shell — The structural case or housing, usually for mounting instruments. See bare shell bearing shell body shell converter shell spark plug shell …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 42Shell — El término shell puede referirse a los siguientes artículos: Royal Dutch Shell, una de las cuatro grandes compañías que dominan el mercado petrolero mundial. Shell (informática), interfaz usada para interactuar con el núcleo de un sistema… …

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  • 43SHELL —    The Shell Transport and Trading Company and Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij (KNPM) joined in 1907 as the Koninklijke/Shell Group by transmitting their properties to two new corporations, the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

  • 44shell — n American 1. a dollar. This usage may recall the use of cowries and other sea shells as cur rency, or come from the verb to shell out (in which shell refers to the shell or pod containing seeds). Clams is a synonym. 2. a beer, beercan. This rare …

    Contemporary slang

  • 45shell*/ — [ʃel] noun I 1) [C/U] the hard outer part that protects the body of a sea creature or other animal a crab/tortoise/snail shell[/ex] The kids were collecting shells on the beach.[/ex] 2) [C] a metal container filled with a substance that explodes… …

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  • 46shell — See: IN ONE S SHELL or INTO ONE S SHELL, OUT OF ONE S SHELL …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47shell — See: IN ONE S SHELL or INTO ONE S SHELL, OUT OF ONE S SHELL …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48shell — See: in one s shell or into one s shell, out of one s shell …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 49shell — ʃel n. hard outer covering of certain organisms; hard outer covering; hollow tube containing explosives; reserved attitude which conceals one s inner self; software which provides a convenient user interface for the operating system (Computers)… …

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  • 50shell — I. n. 1. Case, outer covering. 2. Bomb. 3. Framework. 4. Lyre, stringed instrument. II. v. a. 1. Take out of the shell, strip the shell from, hull. 2. Bombard. III …

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