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shell verb

  /ʃɛl/
  • To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
skala
  • (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
skala, ömsa

shell noun

  /ʃɛl/
  • The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
  • (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
  • The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
  • (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.
  • (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
  • (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.
  • A psychological barrier to social interaction.
skal
  • A hard external covering of an animal.
  • One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
skal, äggskal
  • (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
skal, skalbolag
  • (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.
granat
  • (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
hylsa, granat, granathylsa
  • (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.
skal, kommandotolk, shell, skalprogram, tolk
  • A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
balja, skida
  • The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
fjäll, skal
  • An engraved copper roller used in print works.
plåt

shelling

beskjutning

shelling noun

  /ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
  • An artillery bombardment.
bombardemang

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