shell
🇺🇸
/ʃel/
🇬🇧
/ʃel/
noun
B1
The hard covering of some living things, like eggs or nuts.
She cracked the shell of the egg carefully.
R
A shape that looks like the protective covering of a snail.
The pasta was shaped like tiny shells.
R
A round object that explodes, fired from a large weapon.
The soldiers hid as the enemy began to shell their position.
R
A cartridge for a gun, containing a bullet and gunpowder.
He loaded the rifle with a single shell.
R
The remaining walls of a building after it has been damaged.
All that was left of the house was a shell.
R
The outer part of something, like the body of a car.
The car's shell was dented from the accident.
R
The surface appearance of a person, hiding their true feelings.
He put on a brave shell, but inside he was scared.
verb
R
To attack by firing explosive shells.
The city was heavily shelled during the war.
R
To remove the hard outer part of something.
She shelled the peas for the dinner.
translation
The hard covering of some living things, like eggs or nuts.; A shape that looks like the protective covering of a snail.; A round object that explodes, fired from a large weapon.; A cartridge for a gun, containing a bullet and gunpowder.; The remaining walls of a building after it has been damaged.; The outer part of something, like the body of a car.; The surface appearance of a person, hiding their true feelings.
To attack by firing explosive shells.; To remove the hard outer part of something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
shells
Past
shelled
Perfect
shelled
Progressive
shelling
Plural
shells