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Meanings of seashells in English
Hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives in the sea.
Synonyms
Examples for "shell"
Examples for "shell"
1
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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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.
1
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 seashells in English
1
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.
5
She walked along the water's edge, helping her daughter hunt for seashells.
6
Disappearing within his teepee, he came out again with some huge seashells.
7
They were looking at seashells on a long table-orhad been.
8
Afterward, what stuck in his mind were her earrings: silver seashells.
9
Please don't tell me that next you'll be glueing seashells to picture frames.
10
Gelanor walked off by himself to inspect the seashells along the tide line.
11
She and Evan, collecting seashells and enjoying each other's company on the beach.
12
We're not walking on a beach, so you can't be attacked by seashells.
13
Amber and seashells, and ivory beads, for necklaces and decorating clothes.
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A necklace of golden seashells looped about her long, thin neck.
15
Abruptly our feet crunched down on a mound of white seashells.
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Naked pillows lay atop the dingy white mattress like seashells on a beach.
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