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shell

(shĕl)

a. The usually hard outer covering that encases certain organisms, such as insects, turtles, and most mollusks.

b. A similar outer covering on a nut or seed.

c. A similar outer covering on certain eggs, such as those of birds and reptiles; an eggshell.

d. The material that constitutes such a covering.

2. Something resembling or having the form of a shell, especially:

a. An external, usually hard, protective or enclosing case or cover.

b. A framework or exterior, as of a building.

c. A thin layer of pastry.

d. The external part of the ear.

3. Nautical

a. The hull of a ship.

b. A light, long, narrow racing boat propelled by rowers.

4. A small glass for beer.

a. An artillery projectile containing an explosive charge.

b. A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.

6. An attitude or a manner adopted to mask one's true feelings or to protect one from perceived or real danger: Embarrassed, she withdrew into a shell.

7. Physics

a. A set of electron orbitals having nearly the same energy and sharing the same first quantum number.

b. Any of the stable states of other particles or collections of particles (such as the nucleons in an atomic nucleus) at a given energy or small range of energies.

a. A usually sleeveless and collarless, typically knit blouse.

b. A thin, usually waterproof or windproof outer garment for the upper body.

9. Computers A program that works with the operating system as a command processor, used to enter commands and initiate their execution.

10. A company or corporation created by a second company or corporation for the purposes of facilitating a particular transaction, especially one that is intended to be concealed.

v. shelled, shell·ing, shells

v.tr.

a. To remove the shell of; shuck: shell oysters.

b. To remove from a shell: shell peas.

2. To separate the kernels of (corn) from the cob.

3. To fire shells at; bombard.

a. To defeat decisively.

b. Baseball To hit the pitches of (a pitcher) hard and with regularity: shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.

v.intr.

1. To shed or become free of a shell.

2. To look for or collect shells, as on a seashore: spent the day shelling on Cape Cod.

Phrasal Verb:

shell out Informal

To hand over; pay: had to shell out $500 in car repairs.

[Middle English, from Old English scell; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]

shell adj.

shell′er n.

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shelling

(ˈʃɛlɪŋ)

(Military) military the act of bombing a place with artillery shells

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Noun

shelling - the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"

barrage fire, barrage, bombardment, battery

firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

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Beschuss

bombardeo

shelling

[ˈʃelɪŋ] N → bombardeo m

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shelling

[ˈʃɛlɪŋ] n (MILITARY) (= bombing) → tirs mpl d'obusshell program n (COMPUTING) → programme m shell, interpréteur m de commandesshell shock shell-shock [ˈʃɛlʃɒk] n → psychose f traumatique (du soldat)shell-shocked shell shocked [ˈʃɛlʃɒkt] adj

[soldier, war veteran] → atteint(e) de psychose traumatique

(= stunned) → sous le chocshell suit n → survêtement m (en nylon satiné, servant de tenue décontractée)

shelling

n → Granatfeuer nt (→ of auf +acc)

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shelling

[ˈʃɛlɪŋ] n → bombardamento

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Despite his three-score years, he had never experienced a village shelling. He had heard vague talk of what had happened in the matter of shell-fire in other villages, but he had no conception of it save that it must be, bullets on a larger scale than Snider bullets that could be fired correspondingly longer distances through the air.

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23 (Saba) - The forces of US-Saudi aggression coalition over the last hours continued their violation to the cease fire agreement in Hodeida, airstrikes and artillery shelling on Sanaa, Saada and Hajjah provinces, a security official told Saba.

Coalition continuous to violate cease fire agreement in Hodeidah, airstrikes on Sanaa, Hajjah

So we can't truly compare the costs of shell-on and shell-off pistachios without accounting for the indirect cost of manual shelling time associated with the former.