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We have found lemma(root) word of shells : shell.
Definitions
[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)
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Origin
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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
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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
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