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The correct spelling is shells.
How to pronounce shells
noun
IPA: /ʃɛlz/
Say it like: She-lls
The correct spelling is shells. A hard external covering of an animal. For example: "The restaurant served caramelized onion shells."
Usage Examples
“The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.”
“The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.”
“The setback left him a mere shell; he was never the same again.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A hard external covering of an animal.
- 2.The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- 3.One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- 4.The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
- 5.The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
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.
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