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# seashell

noun (a seashell, seashells)

«seashell» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The hard empty shell of a sea animal, such as a snail, clam, mussel or scallop, often found on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, seashells are the outer skeletons of molluscs; they are made mostly of calcium carbonate. On beach days children collect, sort and count shells. In literacy, the tongue twister «She sells seashells by the seashore». Phrases: «collect seashells», «hold a seashell to your ear».

### Examples

- We collected seashells on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x1)
- She sells seashells by the seashore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x2)
- Hold a seashell to your ear and you seem to hear the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x3)
- Hermit crabs live in old seashells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x4)
- We sorted the seashells by size and colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x5)
- The seashell was spiral like a snail's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x6)
- Disappearing within his teepee, he came out again with some huge seashells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/#x7)

### Note

Countable; one word (also «sea shell»). Myth: the «sea sound» in a shell is not the ocean — it is the noise around you echoing inside the shell. Kindness to nature: in some places taking shells from beaches is not allowed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «seashell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seashell/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«seashell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seashell.html) on Mova free.