shell
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
shell
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a very light narrow racing boat
shell
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
shell
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
shell game
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
shell-flower
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
shell
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
shell plating
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ look for and collect shells by the seashore
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"
shell out
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
shell
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ remove the husks from; "husk corn"
shell-less
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of animals or fruits that have no shell
shellac
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
shellac
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white