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Meaning of "shell-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHELL-LIKE

shell-like play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELL-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shell-Like can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHELL-LIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shell-like in the English dictionary

The definition of shell-like in the dictionary is resembling the empty shell of a mollusc. Other definition of shell-like is an ear.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELL-LIKE

shell company
shell game
shell gland
shell jacket
shell out
shell program
shell shock
shell star
shell suit
shell-less
shell-shocked
shellac
shellac varnish
shellack
shellacked
shellacker
shellacking
shellback
shellbark
shellbound

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELL-LIKE

bird-like
cell-like
cloth-like
daughter-like
dislike
garden-like
guitar-like
human-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
like-for-like
metal-like
oil-like
scale-like
soul-like
stone-like
summer-like
tail-like
virus-like
water-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of shell-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shell-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHELL-LIKE

Find out the translation of shell-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shell-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shell-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

壳状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shell -como
570 millions of speakers

English

shell-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोल की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قذيفة مثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Оболочка , как
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shell -like
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেল-র অনুরূপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coquille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti shell
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schalenartige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シェル状
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쉘 과 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cangkang kaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỏ như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷெல் போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेलाप्रमाणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kabuk benzeri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conchiglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Powłoka podobny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Оболонка , як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shell - ca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κελυφοειδής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dop -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skalliknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shell -lignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shell-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL-LIKE»

The term «shell-like» is regularly used and occupies the 64.356 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL-LIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shell-like» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shell-like» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shell-like

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELL-LIKE»

Discover the use of shell-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shell-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shell-like Structures: Non-classical Theories and Applications
In this volume scientists and researchers from industry discuss the new trends in simulation and computing shell-like structures.
Holm Altenbach, Victor A. Eremeyev, 2011
2
A Word In Your Shell-Like
Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world’s best-known ...
Nigel Rees, 2010
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Cusped Shell-Like Structures
The book is devoted to an up-dated exploratory survey of results concerning elastic cusped shells, plates, and beams and cusped prismatic shell-fluid interaction problems.
George Jaiani, 2011
4
What Lives in a Shell?
Snails and turtles and crabs and clams all have shells that act as their homes and protect them from harm. In this book you'll learn all about these and other crustaceous creatures, for whom a shell is just the right sort of home.
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, 1994
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Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures
18.1 INTRODUCTION A shell-like metal structure is one that resists loads in a manner similar to that of a thin shell. That is, a major mode of its resistance is by membrane actions by which forces are carried from point to point by biaxial tension ...
Theodore V. Galambos, 1998
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Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures
18.1 INTRODUCTION A shell-like metal structure is one that supports loads in a manner similar to that of a thin shell. That is, the majority of its load-bearing behavior is provided by membrane actions in which forces are carried from point to ...
Ronald D. Ziemian, 2010
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Popular Conchology, Or, The Shell Cabinet Arranged According ...
Shell like Patella, ovate, conical, surface smooth, with radiating striatures, muscular impression dark, horseshoe-shaped, and interrupted where the head lies. Animal with a single pectinated gill, lodged in a cavity, and protruding from the right ...
Agnes Catlow, 1854
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Comet Encounters
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHELL-LIKE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM NEWBORN COMETARY IONS S. Peter Gary, Satoshl Hinata1, Christian D. Madland, and Dan Winske Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM Characteristics of  ...
9
Lectures on Mollusca: or, "Shell-fish" and their allies
... found to have similar dentition and habits. The teeth are pin-shaped. They are known from the common slugs by not being slimy; living under ground, where they prey upon earth worms ; and having a little solid shell like a Sea- ear on its tail.
Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Smithsonian Institution. Publication 152, 1861
10
The Illustrated Bead Bible: Terms, Tips & Techniques
Terms, Tips & Techniques Theresa Flores Geary. off-white to sand and chocolate. Squared-off pieces of shell like those shown make eyecatching heishi. W. wampum A string of beads made of quahog (quohog or quahaug, also called ...
Theresa Flores Geary, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHELL-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shell-like is used in the context of the following news items.
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A word in your shell-like about mermaids and other fishy 'tails'
Did you know that sailors do not like mermaids? They foretell shipwrecks and these maidens of the sea were a real terror to bygone generations. «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
2
Shooting Oysters in Northeast London
... that's still missing when you get further East,” Redman says of the cocktail bar and restaurant where the shell-like theme extends, albeit discreetly, to the décor. «New York Times, Mar 15»
3
Simon's Blog - A Word In Your Shell-Like
Simon's Blog - A Word In Your Shell-Like. Snails. Photo: Chris Sturgess. Notice anything unusual about the tree Chris Sturgess came across in Burpham? «ITV News, Mar 15»
4
Raby Hunt: restaurant review
A word in your shell-like: the Lindisfarne oyster. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer. Close comes from a family immersed in the hospitality business. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
5
Canvas, London SW1, restaurant review
'It has a shell-like feel, a forbidding, catacomb atmosphere. Being windowless doesn't help' Photo: MARK WHITFIELD. Zoe Williams. By Zoe Williams. 8:00AM ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
6
Confessions of a Copper review – a right bunch of Gene Hunts
Confessions of a Copper's Ken German has word in your shell-like. Photograph: Pro Co/Pro Co. Sam Wollaston · @samwollaston. Thursday 20 November 2014 ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
7
InAs nanowire phototransistors based on the majority-carrier …
Now, a research team based at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (SITP), has designed core/shell-like InAs nanowire, and the as-fabricated device ... «Nanowerk, Nov 14»
8
Boy had giant 'turtle shell' mutation removed from his back after UK …
Didier was labelled 'Turtle boy' after developing a shell-like growth on his back. But three years ago the youngster underwent a life-changing operation to ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
9
Smiljan Radic's 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is unveiled
A shimmering, shell-like volume resting on rocks has arrived in London's Kensington Gardens, courtesy of the Serpentine Gallery. Designed by Chilean architect ... «wallpaper.com, Jun 14»
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Picture Of The Week: A word in your shell-like, your graces
The Duke and Devonshire examine Marc Quinn's Spiral of the Galaxy in the Beyond Limits 2013 sculpture exhibition across the Chatsworth estate's 105-acre ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Sep 13»

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