Shell means the hard outer covering of some sea animals. People eat the soft part inside.
She ate the clam with its shell.
The shell is hard on the oyster.
Shell is the hard outer part of a device. It protects the inside parts from damage.
The phone's shell is made of plastic.
He changed the shell of his laptop.
A shell in computing lets users talk to the computer with words they type. It shows a text screen.
Use the shell to type commands quickly.
The shell helps control the computer system.
To shell means to take off the hard outside of nuts, seeds, or shellfish. It makes the inside easy to eat.
She shells the peas before cooking.
He shelled the nuts for the recipe.
To shell means to attack a place by shooting many bombs or guns at it. It is often done in war.
The army shelled the enemy base last night.
The city was shelled during the war.
Shell can mean a shape or structure without its usual inside. It is empty or without value.
His promises were just an empty shell.
The old building is a shell now.
