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- [sawft, soft shel]
- /sɔft, sɒft ʃɛl/
- /sɒft ʃel/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sawft, soft shel]
- /sɔft, sɒft ʃɛl/
Definitions of soft-shell word
- adjective soft-shell Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted. 1
- noun soft-shell a soft-shell animal, especially a soft-shell crab. 1
- adjective soft-shell having a soft shell 0
- adjective soft-shell having an unhardened shell as the result of recent molting 0
- noun soft-shell a soft-shell animal; esp., a crab that has recently molted 0
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Origin of soft-shell
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Soft-shell
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
soft-shell popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for soft-shell
adj soft-shell
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- forbearing — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- live with — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
adjective soft-shell
- allowing — to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
- assuaging — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
Antonyms for soft-shell
adjective soft-shell
- limiting — serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
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