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Meanings of sea shell in English
Hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives in the sea.
Synonyms
Examples for "shell"
Examples for "shell"
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For example, the core infrastructure and shell of the building can't change.
2
These data provide a key benchmark for shell-model interactions far from stability.
3
The judge said it appeared Ban Ard was now a shell company.
4
It will also certainly mean higher borrowing rates for already shell-shocked homeowners.
5
He pointed in turn to the rude ornamentation in the shell clasp.
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Rivers carry this to the sea, where it precipitates out as seashells.
2
He was last seen near Tullen Strand, where he regularly collected seashells.
3
Orlando looked down at the litter of broken seashells at his feet.
4
Straight, polished seashells in a row, stuck down in dark red sand.
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She walked along the water's edge, helping her daughter hunt for seashells.
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A family of musicians, Lyravlos have recreated exact replicas of the ancient instruments from natural materials including animal shells, bones, hides and horns.
Usage of sea shell in English
1
Every sea shell and insect and plant is of value from such spots.
2
They are ridged like a sea shell, say a limpet.
3
At the lagoon mouth are the remains of a Stone Age sea shell midden.
4
He picked up a sea shell and hit me with it and knocked me senseless.
5
A sea shell inscribed with the name "Kristy" was left along the wooden fence at the dock.
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A sea shell inscribed with the name "Kristy" was hung on the wooden fence at the dock.
7
Over the top was tied loosely a piece of coarse cloth and on this rested a clean sea shell.
8
Someone told you that you can hear the sea in a big sea shell because it came from the sea.
9
A shell knife, a bead from a fragment of sea shell, and types of flint arrowheads appear in plate 5.
10
As Nat uttered the word, Rufus Cameron picked up a sea shell lying on a mantelshelf, and swung it behind his head.
11
Filled with forebodings, she seeks an omen in the voice of a sea shell which had been placed on the altar of Aphrodite, the Sea-born.
12
His enormous sea shells, cast in polished bronze, are cumbersome and costly.
13
Mr Hughes said passengers commonly declared Giant African Snails as sea shells.
14
As in, she sells sea shells by the Welsh sea shore.
15
But relatives of the men said the three were fisherman collecting sea shells.
16
Don't miss the Griffiths Sea Shell Museum at the western end of town.