shell
Noun
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is a type of: ammo, ammunition - projectiles to be fired from a gunsubtypes:
- artillery shell - a shell fired by artillery
- shotgun shell - a shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns
- shrapnel - shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
- tank shell - a shell fired by the cannon on a tank
- whizbang, whizbang shell, whizzbang - a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits
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is a type of: animal material - material derived from animalssubtypes: mother-of-pearl, nacre - the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
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is a type of: scute - large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snakesubtypes: cuticula - the outer body wall of an insectis a part of:
- turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
- mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
substance holonym: shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals -
is a type of: hull - dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nutsubtypes: nutshell - the shell around the kernel of a nut
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same as: eggshell
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is a type of: racing boat - a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racingsubtypes:
- racing skiff, single shell - a shell for a single oarsman
- scull - a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
has: sliding seat - rower's seat that slides fore and aftsame as: racing shell -
is a type of: housing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical componentsubtypes:is a part of: grandfather clock, longcase clock - a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case
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is a type of: shield - a protective covering or structuresubtypes:
- armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
- horseshoe, shoe - U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
- shell plating - the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
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subtypes:
- valve - one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- valve - the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
- scallop shell - a shell of a scallop
- oyster shell - a shell of an oyster
- phragmacone, phragmocone - the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
- seashell - the shell of a marine organism
- clamshell - the shell of a clam
Verb
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subtypes: crump - bombard with heavy shellssame as: blast
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same as: blast
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is a type of: emerge - come out into view, as from concealment
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is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking
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is a type of: gather - look for (food) in nature
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entail: win - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorioussubtypes:
- outpoint, outscore - score more points than one's opponents
- walk over - beat easily
- eliminate - remove from a contest or race
- mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst - defeat thoroughly
- whomp - beat overwhelmingly
- get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle - defeat disastrously
- get the jump - be there first
- cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft - defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass - be or do something to a greater degree
- get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount - get on top of; deal with successfully
- best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of
- outfight - to fight better than; get the better of
- overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
- checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless
- outplay - excel or defeat in a game
- bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
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is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsubtypes: pod - take something out of its shell or pod
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is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsame as: husk
Found on Word Lists
- Means of Transportation
- Nouns denoting animals
- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
- Nouns denoting plants
- Nouns denoting substances
- Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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