Noun | 1. | shell - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun |
2. | shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | |
3. | shell - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | |
4. | shell - the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts | |
5. | shell - the exterior covering of a bird's egg Synonyms: eggshell | |
6. | shell - a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" | |
7. | ![]() Synonyms: racing shell | |
8. | shell - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" | |
9. | shell - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | |
10. | shell - the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc | |
Verb | 1. | shell - use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" Synonyms: blast |
2. | shell - fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled" | |
3. | shell - hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" | |
4. | shell - look for and collect shells by the seashore | |
5. | shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" | |
6. | shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" | |
7. | shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn" Synonyms: husk |
1. | (language) | SHELL - An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. | |
2. | (operating system) | shell - (Originally from Multics, widely
propagated via Unix) The command interpreter used to pass
commands to an operating system; so called because it is the
part of the operating system that interfaces with the outside
world. The commonest Unix shells are the c shell (csh) and the Bourne shell (sh). | |
3. | shell - (Or "wrapper") Any interface program that mediates access to a special resource or server for convenience, efficiency, or security reasons; for this meaning, the usage is usually "a shell around" whatever. |