Meaning Of The Word Shell

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What's The Definition Of Shell?

she'll
She'll is the usual spoken form of 'she will'.

she'll in American English
contraction of: she will

she'll in British English
contraction of: she will or she shall

shell
If someone comes out of their shell, they become more friendly and interested in other people and less quiet, shy, and reserved.
countable noun: A shell is a weapon consisting of a metal container filled with explosives that can be fired from a large gun over long distances.
countable noun: Shells are hard objects found on beaches. They are usually pink, white, or brown and are the coverings which used to surround small sea creatures.
countable noun: The shell of a building, boat, car, or other structure is the outside frame of it.
countable noun: The shell of a nut or egg is the hard covering which surrounds it.
countable noun: The shell of an animal such as a tortoise, snail, or crab is the hard protective covering that it has around its body or on its back.
verb: If you shell nuts, peas, prawns, or other food, you remove their natural outer covering.
verb: To shell a place means to fire explosive shells at it.

shell in American English
a hard outer covering, as of a turtle, mollusk, insect, egg, fruit, seed, etc.
intransitive verb: to fall or come out of the shell, husk, etc
noun: a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk
transitive verb: to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; remove the shell of

shell in British English
noun: the protective calcareous or membranous outer layer of an egg, esp a bird's egg

shell in Mechanical Engineering
noun: The shell of a machine or vehicle is its basic structure.

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