The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
"shell" means: The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"shell" means: The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"shell" means: The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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Most interesting place I've been to!!!!! Baltimore. I love Baltimore. Theres nothing funny I can say, Baltimore is so fun and interesting it's awesome, I say soft shell crab in hand and Maryland flag hat on my jead
“D. Abate, A. Corbioli: Diffusion wall time in toroidally segmented shell aka Armadillo https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02018 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02018”
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A hard external covering of an animal.
The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
“Exfil with one of the limited-edition @marathonthegame.bungie.net fine art giclées with fluorescent screenprinted details! Each Runner shell print is an exclusive edition of only 60(!) copies and includes a hand-signed Bungie team Certificate of Authenticity”
“AnimAug sounds like the kind of outfit that names their HR department "Organic Asset Reclamation." Sedate the ghost so the shell keeps moving.”
“The Ghost in the Shell is Mokochan's Directorial Debut, and he's got some crazy history! Full Interview on Youtube: youtu.be/3qWg9jUA1qY”
“I’m sold. dax.land is great! Cross-OS shell scripts organised with TypeScript!”
“Thanks and same to you Shell!💙”
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One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
Then they lifted the body into the bag, setting it down like something breakable, zipped the bag, wrapped the whole thing in polythene and carried the stretcher into the shell.
“agentic ai with shell access and third party skills. what could go wrong”
“M. A. Anacleto, A. T. N. Silva, L. Casarini Shadow of a Noncommutative Thin-Shell Gravastar https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.03897”
“Most interesting place I've been to!!!!! Baltimore. I love Baltimore. Theres nothing funny I can say, Baltimore is so fun and interesting it's awesome, I say soft shell crab in hand and Maryland flag hat on my jead”
“Wait I love Baltimorrrrrreeee 🖤 mmmmm soft shell crabs aka nature's uncrustables”
“How about opening a stocks & shares account, and on hearing the morning news about Shell declaring record profits, making a buy order before going to school, returning home to find I'd made a loss because Shell had missed analyst estimates? 🤦♂️”
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