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# shell

noun (shell, shells); verb (shell, shells, shelled, shelling)

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

## Everyday

1. A shell is the hard outer cover of a sea animal like a snail, clam or crab; people find shells on beaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#m1)
2. A shell is the hard outside of an egg, a nut, a tortoise or a turtle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#m2)
3. A shell is anything like a hard outer case: the shell of a building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#m3)
4. To shell nuts or peas is to take them out of their shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#m4)

### In the lessons

a thing that is counted in problems («Zoe found 12 shells on the beach»); in science shells protect soft animals (snails, crabs, turtles), and eggs have shells; in everyday life collecting shells at the beach, cracking egg shells, shelling peas

### Examples

- Anna had 7 shells and lost 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x1)
- Zoe found 12 shells on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x2)
- Tom collects 4 shells every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x3)
- A snail carries its shell on its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x4)
- Crack the egg and throw away the shell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x5)
- A turtle hides inside its shell when it is scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x6)
- We shelled peas for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x7)
- Hold a big shell to your ear and listen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x8)
- Crack went the egg-shell, as a waggon passed over it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shell/#x9)

### Note

The thing being counted; carries no operation clue. Keep counts of shells apart from counts of other things. Trap: «4 shells every day» for some days is equal groups: multiply. Plural «shells».

## In Jewish tradition

a thing that is counted in problems («Zoe found 12 shells on the beach»); in science shells protect soft animals (snails, crabs, turtles), and eggs have shells; in everyday life collecting shells at the beach, cracking egg shells, shelling peas

### Note

The thing being counted; carries no operation clue. Keep counts of shells apart from counts of other things. Trap: «4 shells every day» for some days is equal groups: multiply. Plural «shells».

## On Mova

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