shell: translation
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noun
1 on eggs/nuts/some animals
ADJECTIVE
▪ empty, hard, outer, protective, thick
▪ She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative)
▪ broken
▪ egg (usually eggshell)
▪ sea (usually seashell)
▪ conch, cowrie, mussel, oyster, snail, tortoise (usually tortoiseshell)
▪ coconut, peanut, walnut
VERB + SHELL
▪ have
▪ creatures that have shells
▪ come out of, emerge from (both often figurative)
▪ He's really come out of his shell since he met Marie.
▪ go (back) into, retreat into, withdraw into (all often figurative)
▪ The snail went back into its shell.
▪ remove sth from
▪ Remove the mussels from their shells.
▪ break (open), crack (open)
▪ shed
▪ Male crabs shed their shells twice a year.
2 explosive weapon
ADJECTIVE
▪ unexploded
▪ spent
▪ a heap of spent brass shells from a machine gun
▪ anti-aircraft, artillery, cannon, mortar, shotgun, tank
▪ depleted uranium, high-explosive
▪ tank-busting guns that fired depleted uranium shells
▪ incoming
▪ The telltale sound of an incoming shell was heard.
VERB + SHELL
▪ load
▪ fire
SHELL + VERB
▪ fly
▪ A shell flew over his head and exploded in front of him.
▪ fall, land
▪ burst, crash, explode
▪ hit sth, strike sth
▪ Two shells hit the roof.
SHELL + NOUN
▪ fire
▪ They braved heavy shell fire to rescue the wounded.
▪ shock
▪ soldiers suffering from shell shock
▪ case, casing, fragments, splinter
▪ crater
3 outer walls of a building
ADJECTIVE
▪ concrete
▪ burned-out, empty, hollow (all often figurative)
▪ The fire reduced the school to a hollow shell.
▪ I had become a hollow shell.
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verb
Shell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑nut, ↑pea