deshelled

shell

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shel]
- /ʃɛl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shel]
- /ʃɛl/

Definitions of deshelled word

noun deshelled a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk. 1
noun deshelled any of various objects resembling such a covering, as in shape or in being more or less concave or hollow. 1
noun deshelled the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind. 1
noun deshelled the hard exterior of an egg. 1
noun deshelled the usually hard, outer covering of a seed, fruit, or the like, as the hard outside portion of a nut, the pod of peas, etc. 1
noun deshelled a hard, protecting or enclosing case or cover. 1

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Origin of deshelled

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scell (north), sciell; cognate with Dutch schil peel, skin, rink, Old Norse skel shell, Gothic skalja tile; (v.) derivative of the noun; cf. shale

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Parts of speech for Deshelled

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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deshelled popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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