- shell
- n1. hard outer covering, hard case, Anat., Zool. theca, casing, coat, coating, incrustation, sheathing, sheath; envelope, wrapper, capsule, cloak, jacket; casement, housing, protection; carapace, shield, Zool. test, (pi.) exuviae; integument, tegument, Bot. testa, rind, crust, peel, skin, Bot. epicarp; husk, bark, cortex, hull, shuck, chaff; pod, calyx, Dial. cod, pericarp; Bot. involucre, Bot. involucrum, wrapping, Bot. investment.2. cavity, hollow, crater, cup, bowl.3. framework, frame, structure, outline, skeleton, Metall. skull.4. cartridge, cartouche, canister; cylinder, case, container; reservoir, magazine, cassette.5.Military. projectile, bullet, ball, grenade, canister shot, shot, shrapnel.v6. husk, shuck, peel, skin, pare, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, hull, bark.7. bombard, bomb, Brit. Sl. prang, strafe, torpedo, Mil. barrage, fusillade, blitz, blitzkrieg; shoot, fire on, open fire on, pepper, cannonade.8. come off, detach, separate, split; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, shed, slough, molt, exuviate, flake.9. shell outSlang. spend, pay out, outlay, Inf. lay out, Sl. fork out, Sl. dish out, ante up, expend, disburse; squander, dissipate, burn up, waste, fritter away.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.