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Rareshelling
The correct spelling is shelling.
How to pronounce shelling
verb
IPA: /ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
Say it like: She-lli-ng
The correct spelling is shelling. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. For example: "Nuts shell in falling."
Usage Examples
“Nuts shell in falling.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- 2.To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- 3.To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- 4.To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- 5.To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
noun
- 1.An artillery bombardment.
- 2.The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
- 3.Grain from which the husk has been removed.
- 4.An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)
- 5.Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.
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