moon shell

M m

Transcription

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

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

Definitions of moon shell words

noun moon shell any marine gastropod of the family Naticidae, having a rounded, short-spired, smooth shell. 1
noun moon shell the shell itself. 1

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Origin of moon shell

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Moon shell

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Moon shell

moon shell popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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

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