DICTOMETER

SHELL

1. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile
   • fired from a large gun
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Carapace
   • Shell
   • Cuticle
   • Shield
   Definitions:
   • hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   • Eggshell
   Definitions:
   • the exterior covering of a bird's egg
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • a rigid covering that envelops an object
   Examples:
   • The satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   • Racing shell
   Definitions:
   • a very light narrow racing boat
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   • Case
   • Casing
   Definitions:
   • the housing or outer covering of something
   Examples:
   • The clock has a walnut case
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   • Scale
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Shell
    Definitions:
    • the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Blast
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • use explosives on
   Examples:
   • The enemy has been shelling us all day
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blast
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • create by using explosives
   Examples:
   • Blast a passage through the mountain
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • fall out of the pod or husk
   Examples:
   • The corn shelled
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • hit the pitches of hard and regularly
   Examples:
   • He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • look for and collect shells by the seashore
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Beat
   • Beat out
   • Crush
   • Shell
   • Trounce
   • Vanquish
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • remove from its shell or outer covering
   Examples:
   • Shell the legumes
   • Shell mussels
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Husk
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • remove the husks from
   Examples:
   • Husk corn