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Meanings of shell in English

Russian
снаряды артиллерийские
Spanish
obus
Catalan
obús
Wikidata

Projectile.

снаряды артиллерийские
Portuguese
concha
Catalan
cutícula
Spanish
concha

Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.

concha
Portuguese
caixa
Catalan
cobertura
Spanish
caja

The housing or outer covering of something.

caixa
Portuguese
bater
Catalan
vèncer
Spanish
aplastar

To end in success a struggle or contest.

bater
Usage of shell in English
1
For example, the core infrastructure and shell of the building can't change.
Reuters
2
These data provide a key benchmark for shell-model interactions far from stability.
Pubmed
3
The judge said it appeared Ban Ard was now a shell company.
The Irish Times
4
It will also certainly mean higher borrowing rates for already shell-shocked homeowners.
Reuters
5
He pointed in turn to the rude ornamentation in the shell clasp.
54-40 or Fight
6
Wipe dry the inside of the shell and put the mixture in.
365 Luncheon Dishes: A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year
7
The green dwarf swept the shell expertly against the ledge; leaped out.
The Moon Pool
8
The right shell may have a distinct indentation in the anterior edge.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
9
Government officials have engaged in kind of similar sort of shell games.
The new yorker
10
But I need power, enough to survive when my shell is consumed.
Skin Trade
11
It was great: a sort of cryptographic cowrie shell for virtual fish.
The Guardian
12
Earlier, Palestinians fired a mortar shell at an Israeli settlement in Gaza.
The Irish Times
13
The same shell caused other ravages in the ranks of the 10th.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
14
Witness attributed the pains in the head to the effect of shell-shock.
The Shrieking Pit
15
Even the shell-shocked US nuclear industry is coming out of its stupor.
Wired
16
An empty shell case hung up in the trenches and in billets.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...