SHELLS
/ʃɛlz/
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
S(1) H(4) E(1) L(1) L(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ʃɛlz/
noun
- A hard external covering of an animal.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.“The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.”
- The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
- The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
verb
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.“Nuts shell in falling.”
Source: Wiktionary
