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shell [shells] (casing of an artillery projectile) noun [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | casquetenoun |
shell [shells] (computing: general-purpose environment) noun [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | terminalnoun |
shell [shells] (conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle) noun [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | caparazónnoun |
shell [shells] (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates) noun [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | conchanoun |
shell [shells] (hard covering of an egg) noun [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | cáscaranoun |
shell [shells] (pod) noun [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | vainanoun |
shell [shelled, shelling, shells] (to remove the outer covering or shell of something) verb [UK: ʃel] [US: ˈʃel] | descascararverb desvainarverb |
shell company (company without activity created for tax purposes) noun | empresa fantasmanoun |
shell game (game which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups a pea-sized object has been placed) noun | mosquetanoun Pepito paga doblenoun trilenoun |
shell shock (psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle) noun [UK: ʃel ʃɒk] [US: ˈʃel ˈʃɑːk] | neurosis de guerranoun |
shellac (processed secretion of the lac insect) noun [UK: ʃə.ˈlæk] [US: ʃə.ˈlæk] | goma lacanoun |
shellac [shellacked, shellacking, shellacs] (to coat with shellac) verb [UK: ʃə.ˈlæk] [US: ʃə.ˈlæk] | lacarverb laquearverb |
shellfish [shellfishes] (aquatic food that has a shell) noun [UK: ˈʃel.fɪʃ] [US: ˈʃel.fɪʃ] | marisconoun |
bombshell (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact) noun [UK: ˈbɒm.ʃel] [US: ˈbɑːm.ˌʃel] | bombanoun bombazonoun |
bombshell (someone who is very attractive) noun [UK: ˈbɒm.ʃel] [US: ˈbɑːm.ˌʃel] | bombónnoun pibónnoun |
eggshell [eggshells] (object) noun [UK: ˈeɡ.ʃel] [US: ˈeg.ˌʃel] | cáscara de huevonoun |
in a nutshell (in summary) adverb [UK: ɪn ə ˈnʌt ʃel] [US: ɪn ə ˈnʌ.ˌtʃel] | en pocas palabrasadverb en resumenadverb |
nutshell [nutshells] (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut) noun [UK: ˈnʌt ʃel] [US: ˈnʌ.ˌtʃel] | cáscara de nueznoun |
seashell [seashells] (shell) noun [UK: ˈsiː.ʃel] [US: ˈsiː.ˌʃel] | conchanoun |
tortoise shell (shell of a tortoise) noun [UK: ˈtɔː.təs ʃel] [US: ˈtɔːr.təs ˈʃel] | caparazón de tortuganoun |
tortoiseshell (covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle) noun [UK: ˈtɔː.təs ʃel] [US: ˈtɔːr.təs ʃel] | careynoun |
tortoiseshell (made of covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle) adjective [UK: ˈtɔː.təs ʃel] [US: ˈtɔːr.təs ʃel] | de careyadjective |