shell
noun
/ʃɛl/
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- A hard external covering of an animal.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
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guscio,
conchiglia
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- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
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conchiglia,
guscio
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- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
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guscio,
mallo
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- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
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carapace
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- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
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carapace,
esoscheletro
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- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
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granata,
ogiva
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- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
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baccello
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- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
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blusa,
camicetta,
top
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- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
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bossolo
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- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
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drusa,
geode
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- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
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mallo,
guscio
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- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
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placca,
placca ossea
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- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
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guscio
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shell
verb
/ʃɛl/
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- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
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sgusciare,
sgranare
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- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
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sborsare
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shelling
noun
/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
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- An artillery bombardment.
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bombardamento
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