shell

Definition

Examples

She found a beautiful shell on the beach during her vacation.

Word Family

Synonyms

• casingthe housing or outer covering of something
• hulldry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
• huskmaterial consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Collocations

• Easy sea shell on the beach
  describing sea shell on the beach (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
• Medium crack the hard nut shell
  to crack the hard nut shell, meaning to become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
• Hard establish offshore shell companies to obscure beneficial ownership
  to establish offshore shell companies to obscure beneficial ownership, meaning to set up or found
• Very Hard come out of one's shell during leadership retreats
  to come out of one's shell during leadership retreats, meaning to move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody