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Meaning of "shellwork" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHELLWORK

shellwork  [ˈʃɛlˌwɜːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELLWORK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shellwork is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES SHELLWORK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shellwork in the English dictionary

The definition of shellwork in the dictionary is a type of ornamentation composed of patterns of shells and often used to decorate walls. Other definition of shellwork is a condition in which shells adhere to the bottom of a ship.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHELLWORK


artwork
ˈɑːtˌwɜːk
boullework
ˈbuːlˌwɜːk
buhlwork
ˈbuːlˌwɜːk
crewelwork
ˈkruːəlˌwɜːk
enamelwork
ɪˈnæm əlˌwɜːk
framework
ˈfreɪmˌwɜːk
grillwork
ˈɡrɪlˌwɜːk
metalwork
ˈmɛtəlˌwɜːk
millwork
ˈmɪlˌwɜːk
needlework
ˈniːdəlˌwɜːk
pilework
ˈpaɪlˌwɜːk
quillwork
ˈkwɪlˌwɜːk
rubblework
ˈrʌbəlˌwɜːk
scalework
ˈskeɪlˌwɜːk
scrollwork
ˈskrəʊlˌwɜːk
steelwork
ˈstiːlˌwɜːk
trestlework
ˈtrɛsəlˌwɜːk
wattlework
ˈwɒtəlˌwɜːk
wheelwork
ˈwiːlˌwɜːk
woolwork
ˈwʊlˌwɜːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELLWORK

shellacker
shellacking
shellback
shellbark
shellbound
shellcracker
shelldrake
shellduck
shelled
sheller
Shelley
shellfire
shellfish
shellfishery
shellful
shelliness
shelling
shellproof
shelly
shellycoat

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELLWORK

all in a day´s work
at work
bodywork
clockwork
coursework
firework
housework
network
neural network
out of work
paperwork
patchwork
rework
schoolwork
social work
teamwork
waxwork
wickerwork
woodwork
work

Synonyms and antonyms of shellwork in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shellwork» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHELLWORK

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

Translator English - Chinese

shellwork
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shellwork
570 millions of speakers

English

shellwork
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shellwork
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shellwork
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shellwork
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shellwork
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shellwork
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rocaille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja kerang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Muschel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貝細工
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shellwork
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shellwork
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shellwork
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shellwork
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शलमोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shellwork
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shellwork
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shellwork
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shellwork
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shellwork
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shellwork
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shellwork
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shellwork
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shellwork
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shellwork

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELLWORK»

The term «shellwork» is used very little and occupies the 179.626 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELLWORK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shellwork» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shellwork» 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 shellwork

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELLWORK»

Discover the use of shellwork in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shellwork and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beyond the Basics: Mosaics
ONE OF THE JOYS of shellwork mosaics is that you are using natural works of art and architectural wonders in your own creations. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have described shells as "Such greatness with such simplicity." It seems that ...
Elizabeth DuVal, 2004
2
Memory's Daughters: The Material Culture of Remembrance in ...
1 Women thus applied the architectural standards of symmetry and proportion to the analogous art of shellwork.2 In 1757 Anne Reckless Emlen fashioned a miniature Philadelphia country house, combining shells, wax, and paper (see figure ...
Susan M. Stabile, 2004
3
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
Prehistoric remains also suggest that 4000 years ago shell button blankets were important ceremonial items in the Northwest and shell jewelry (bracelets and necklaces) and inlaid shellwork was common in the Southwest. Early European ...
Joan M. Marter, 2011
4
The Sound of Rattles and Clappers: A Collection of New ...
She recently completed the poetry manuscript A Light To Do Shellwork By, which is dedicated to her father, a respected Chumash elder who died on August 15, 1991. » A Light To Do Shellwork By One day all of life catapulted into one day one ...
Greg Sarris, 1994
5
Samantha at the World's Fair
But shesaid"she couldn't find suchnice ones tothe store —she couldn'tfind shellwork." "Then,"sez I,"Ishallgo withoutshellwork." But she said, "They wuz dretful ornamental to the foot, specially to the instep, and she shouldn'twant to go without ...
Marietta Holley
6
the gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic ...
the water up, In the form of a cone, Into a basin on the summit of a column of shellwork ; through the bottom of that basin the water runs into the buckets of an overshot wheel, which, being disguised by shellwork, turns the shells continually, and ...
j.c. loudon, f.l.s. h.s. &c., 1830
7
The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
We have hitherto been in the habit of considering this term as synonymous with what may be called the shellwork arabesque ; but on asking a critical friend for the true meaning of the term, he sent us what follows : — " Roccoco is one of those ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1842
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
the water up, in the form of a cone, into a basin on the summit of a column of shellwork ; through the bottom of that basin the water runs into the buckets of an overshot wheel, which, being disguised by shellwork, turns the shells continually, and ...
‎1830
9
Origins of the Tainan Culture, West Indies
From Jamaica no shellwork is known. Neither has it been recorded that /retted shellwork from the Virgin Islands has penetrated farther east than the Lesser Antilles. Carved shellwork from St. Kitts and Nevis is not perforated into open- work, ...
Sven Loven, 2010
10
Picture-writing of the American Indians
The decorative shellwork is of a kind well known in North America. The shells nsed are Mar9inella; so far as Mr. Edgar A. Smith is able to identify them in their present weathered state, M. nitosa. They have been prepared for fastening on, ...
Garrick Mallery, 1893

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHELLWORK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shellwork is used in the context of the following news items.
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“Made in the Americas” at MFA Boston
To wit: the invention of Mexican “enconchado” or shellwork paintings, where thin sheets of radiant mother-of-pearl are inlaid into the painting, making the best ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»
2
Shellworker likes turning nature into art
Designated a Cherokee National Living Treasure, Scott has been sharing his passion for shellwork at the Cherokee Art Center since it opened. A retired art ... «Tahlequah Daily Press, Apr 15»
3
In defence of bad taste: the art of Pat Larter and Lola Ryan
Lola Ryan's shellwork boxes, Sydney Harbour Bridges and wall hangings continue a tradition particular to the Indigenous women of La Perouse. The Sydney ... «The Conversation, Aug 14»
4
Gardening books for Christmas 2009 picture gallery
It is true that this Dublin chatelaine and friend of Pope, Swift, Handel and Dr Johnson was a tastemaker, by dint of her grotto-building, garden-making, shellwork ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 09»

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