Words Like SHELL
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SHELL.
56 Alternative Words Similar to shell
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Phragmocone
Noun Hyponym
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Phragmacone
Noun Hyponym
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Seashell
Noun Hyponym
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Scull
Noun Hyponym
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Nutshell
Noun Hyponym
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Cuticula
Noun Hyponym
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Nacre
Noun Hyponym
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Shrapnel
Noun Hyponym
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Whizzbang
Noun Hyponym
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Whizbang
Noun Hyponym
6 examples of shell
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a hazelnut shell
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the shell of a house
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a racing shell
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We beat the competition
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Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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shell mussels
10 definitions of shell
1
A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
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The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
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The hard covering of an egg.
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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.
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Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
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A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
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The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
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Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in.
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A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.