Definition: 1. The hard outer part of eggs, nuts, some seeds and some animals. 2. The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals. 3. The housing or outer covering of something. 4. Use explosives on. 5. Fall out of the pod or husk.
Use 'shell' in a sentence:
1. Why doesn't he carry a hard and heavy shell?
2. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to protect us.
3. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.
4. Why can she live without a shell?
5. Many other processes may after the shell of a clam or snail and enhance its chances for preservation.
6. This cuttlefish has a horny internal shell like a pen.
7. The house was now a shell gutted by flames.
8. If the shell turns black in the flame, death is not far away.
9. If the Nightcap Oak remains, if their seeds remain locked inside their shell, they will not germinate.
10. Enemy forces lobbed a series of artillery shells onto the city.
11. The body shell of the Oriental hornet converts sunlight into electricity.
12. Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes.
13. His spirit has left him and all that remains is the shell of his body.
14. She had developed a shell of indifference.
15. Nut and Shell chattered about it from a cherry-tree.
16. Some of these coats are hard—like the shell of a nut—for extra protection.
17. One 16-inch shell struck the control tower.
18. The solid feel of the car's shell is impressive.
19. He liked to look for shells on the seashore.
20. The very fact that you shelled out money to come and see us is a good sign.
21. Once the eggs have hatched the shells are left behind.
22. Some animals such as snails have one shell.
23. The U.S. shell company was set up to mount a bid for Kingston Communications.
24. When I come close, it just hides inside its shell.
25. We suffered weeks of heavy shelling.
26. A shell [An arrow] whizzed past.
27. The shell somehow has to be broken down before this germination ability expires.
28. Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.
29. Peter issued from the powder magazine with the shell in his hands, and calmly flung it overboard.
30. Shell signed a contract to develop oil and gas reserves near Archangel.
31. At last, by good luck, he found a large empty snail-shell.
32. If the shell had hit the boat, it would have blown it to pieces.
33. We collected shells on the beach.
34. This here one he's called Nut an' this here other one's called Shell.
35. Shells were bursting all around us.
36. Just as they were leaving the rebels started shelling.
37. Never microwave egg in the shell.
38. Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us.
39. She had strung the shells on a silver chain.
40. The shell is smooth on the inside.
41. Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.
42. Rockets and shells continued to hit the battered port.
43. New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield.
44. The men were suffering from shell shock.
45. The shell surrounding the egg has many important functions.
46. She was the only woman in Shell's legal department.
47. The animal retracted into its shell.
48. Many other processes may alter the shell of a clam or snail and enhance its chances for preservation.
49. Her normally shy son had come out of his shell.
50. A snail's shell is spiral in form.
51. The US shell company was set up to mount a bid for Kingston Communications.
52. My life has been an empty shell since he died.
53. The band shelled out$ 100 000 for a mobile recording studio.
54. On the inside there's a seed with a hard shell.
