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1. (noun) shell
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

2. (noun) shell
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

3. (noun) carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Synonyms: casing, cuticle, racing shell, eggshell, case, shell, epidermis, buckler, carapace, shield, scale, plate

4. (noun) shell
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

5. (noun) shell, eggshell
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, shell, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

6. (noun) shell
a rigid covering that envelops an object
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

7. (noun) shell, racing shell
a very light narrow racing boat
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, shell, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

8. (noun) shell, case, casing
the housing or outer covering of something
Synonyms: cuticle, type, font, instance, pillow slip, case, eccentric, scale, guinea pig, event, fount, plate, casing, character, pillowcase, subject, example, cause, racing shell, causa, slip, compositor's case, caseful, grammatical case, eggshell, face, showcase, carapace, vitrine, display case, shield, sheath, typeface, typesetter's case, lawsuit, suit, shell

9. (noun) plate, scale, shell
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Synonyms: scale leaf, scurf, cuticle, ordered series, exfoliation, graduated table, weighing machine, home base, case, racing shell, plateful, carapace, scale of measurement, dental plate, home, crustal plate, home plate, shield, musical scale, eggshell, denture, scale, casing, shell, photographic plate, plate, collection plate

10. (verb) shell
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
Synonyms: cuticle, racing shell, casing, case, eggshell, carapace, shield, scale, plate

11. (verb) blast, shell
use explosives on
Synonyms: vanquish, shoot, knock down, beat, crush, crucify, blare, pillory, husk, nail, savage, trounce, boom, beat out, shell, blast, smash

12. (verb) blast, shell
create by using explosives
Synonyms: vanquish, shoot, knock down, beat, crush, crucify, blare, pillory, husk, nail, savage, trounce, boom, beat out, shell, blast, smash

13. (verb) shell
fall out of the pod or husk
Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, trounce, husk, beat out, blast

14. (verb) shell
hit the pitches of hard and regularly
Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, trounce, husk, beat out, blast

15. (verb) shell
look for and collect shells by the seashore
Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, trounce, husk, beat out, blast

16. (verb) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Synonyms: tucker out, reproof, wash up, chide, thump out, mystify, pound, tap out, lash, mash, call on the carpet, ticktack, reprimand, pulsate, amaze, thump, flog, smash, stick, beat up, beat, trounce, outfox, thrum, husk, jam, slash, berate, lecture, strap, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, flap, rag, crush, blast, oppress, outwit, bewilder, dress down, squelch, squeeze, scramble, remonstrate, flummox, vanquish, get, perplex, whip, outsmart, baffle, jaw, rebuke, pose, vex, call down, suppress, lambast, circumvent, work over, chew up, bunk, gravel, drum, squash, chew out, take to task, welt, break down, puzzle, lather, bawl out, quiver, tucker, lambaste, demolish, ticktock, beat out, have words, scold, shell, tick, nonplus

17. (verb) shell
remove from its shell or outer covering
Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, trounce, husk, beat out, blast

18. (verb) husk, shell
remove the husks from
Synonyms: beat out, beat, shell, blast, trounce, crush, vanquish, husk

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