[ʃɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean
(e.g: cowrie shells)

- an explosive artillery projectile or bomb
(e.g: the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion)

- something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case
(e.g: pasta shells)

- the metal framework of a vehicle body

- a light racing boat

- an inner or roughly made coffin

- the hand guard of a sword

- each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies
(e.g: in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first)



Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’, also to scale. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in shell

[ʃɛl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bombard with shells
(e.g: several villages north of the security zone were shelled)

- remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed)
(e.g: they were shelling peas)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’, also to scale. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in shell