shell

About 19.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A hard external covering of an animal. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

   In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.

2. noun The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

   In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.

3. noun Any mollusk having such a covering.
4. noun The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
5. noun The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
6. noun The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
7. noun The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
8. noun One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.

   The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.

Similar words

carapace pod eggshell plate blast casing scale strafe case racing shell

Often followed by

of and is in to with or was oil

Word family

shelled shelling shells