Definizione monolingua

shell

shell (third-person singular simple present shells, present participle shelling, simple past and past participle shelled)

1. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
2. To bombard, to fire projectiles at.
3. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

shell (plural shells)

1. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

   In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animals outer mantle and is considered internal.

   Genuine mother of pearl buttons are made from sea shells.

2. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
3. (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
4. The covering, or outside part, of a nut.

   The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan.

5. A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
6. plural Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
7. The conjoined scutes that comprise the ""shell"" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
8. The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillos body.
9. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
10. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
11. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a seige mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb (q.v.).
12. The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
13. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
14. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
15. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
16. (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.

    The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.

17. (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
18. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
19. (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
20. (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
21. (nautical) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
22. (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the users command interpreter.

    The name shell originates from it being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the internals of the operating system.

    The name ""Bash"" is an acronym which stands for ""Bourne-again shell"", itself a pun on the name of the ""Bourne shell"", an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen Bourne, and the Christian concept of being ""born again"".

23. (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
24. An emaciated person.

    Hes lost so much weight from illness; hes a shell of his former self.

25. A psychological barrier to social interaction.

    Even after months of therapy hes still in his shell.

Definizione dizionario shell

	conchiglia
	hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates

	guscio
	hard covering of an egg
	covering of a nut

	sgusciare
	to remove the outer covering or shell of something

	sgranare
	to remove the outer covering or shell of something

	shell
	The command interpreter that is used to pass commands to the operating system.

buccia

corteccia

pelle

	battere
	To end in success a struggle or contest.

	bombardare
	to bombard, to fire projectiles at

	involucro
	Quello che riveste all'esterno come, per esempio, una confezione o una custodia.
	What covers on the outside, for example, a package or a box.

	sconfiggere
	To end in success a struggle or contest.

armatura

carcassa

cartuccia

cassa

corazza

crosta

cuoio

epidermide

granata

mondare

ossatura

proiettile

pula

rubare

sbucciare

scheletro

scoprire

squamare

struttura

Altri significati:

(music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.

Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.

hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon

An engraved copper roller used in print works.

(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter.

(to) shell

(music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.

The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.

emaciated person

cartridge of a breechloading firearm

(nautical) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.

'''plural''' Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.

The conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.

A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.

(nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.

A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a seige mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb (q.v.).

The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.

The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.

The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.

(informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with '''out''' ).

casing of an artillery projectile

entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects

music: string instrument, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell

music: body of a drum

shell (i.e. of a pea)

nautical: outer covering of the hull

A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.

The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

computing: general-purpose environment

husks of cacao seeds

(entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.

To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.

pod

conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle

(chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.

The covering, or outside part, of a nut.

any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure

To bombard, to fire projectiles at.

A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.

psychological barrier to social interaction

A psychological barrier to social interaction.

An emaciated person.

The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.

overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body

(nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

chemistry: set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number