shell

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

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 * From being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the operating-system internals.

Noun

 * 1) A hard external covering of an animal.
 * 2) The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
 * 3)  Any mollusk having such a covering.
 * 4)  The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
 * 5) The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
 * 6) The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
 * 7) The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
 * 8) One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
 * 9)  The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
 * 10) The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
 * 11) A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume.
 * 12)  Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
 * 13)  The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
 * 14)  The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
 * 15)  A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
 * 16)  The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
 * 17)  Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
 * 18) A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
 * 19) A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
 * 20) An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
 * 21)  A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
 * 22)  The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
 * 23) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
 * 24) The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
 * 25)  The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
 * 26)  The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
 * 27)  A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
 * 28)  A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
 * 29)  The outward form independent of what is inside.
 * 30)  The empty outward form of someone or something.
 * 31) An emaciated person.
 * 32)  A person otherwise diminished.
 * 33) A psychological barrier to social interaction.
 * 34)   An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
 * 35)  A legal entity that has no operations.
 * 36) A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
 * 37)  A gouge bit or shell bit.
 * 38)  The onset and coda of a syllable.
 * 39)  A person's ear.
 * 40)  One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
 * 41) In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
 * 1)  A person otherwise diminished.
 * 2) A psychological barrier to social interaction.
 * 3)   An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
 * 4)  A legal entity that has no operations.
 * 5) A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
 * 6)  A gouge bit or shell bit.
 * 7)  The onset and coda of a syllable.
 * 8)  A person's ear.
 * 9)  One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
 * 10) In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
 * 1)  A gouge bit or shell bit.
 * 2)  The onset and coda of a syllable.
 * 3)  A person's ear.
 * 4)  One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
 * 5) In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
 * 1)  One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
 * 2) In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
 * 1) In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: صدفة
 * Hijazi Arabic: صدفة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ҡабырсаҡ
 * Basque: maskor
 * Belarusian: чарапа́шка, ра́кавіна, па́нцыр
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, , conxa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: krogen
 * Czech:,  , ,
 * Danish:, muslingeskal
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konko
 * Estonian:, , koda , kilp
 * Faroese: skel
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნიჟარა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κόχλος
 * Hawaiian: pūpū, pū, ʻolē
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , कौड़ी
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: maonkotain
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: kónxa
 * Kazakh: бақалшық, қабыршақ, қабық
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ກະດອງ, ກາບຫອຍທະເລ
 * Latvian: čaula
 * Lithuanian: kriauklė
 * Luxembourgish: Schuel
 * Macedonian: черупка, школка
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Maori: anga, kota
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Navajo: atsʼaʼ
 * Norman: êcale
 * Northern Sami: skálžu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skjell
 * Old English: sċiell
 * Ottoman Turkish: بالق قولاغی
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: mayt'una
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шко̑љка
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ulita, pancier, lastúra
 * Slovene: ,
 * Southern Altai: кабырчак
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: садаф
 * Tamil:
 * Tarifit: ajɣur
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:, , เปลือกหอย
 * Tocharian B: naitwe, wrāko
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gabyk
 * Ukrainian: черепа́шка, ско́йка, му́шля; па́нцер, па́нцир
 * Urdu: شیل
 * Uyghur: چىغىناق
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yámana: lakaš


 * Arabic:, قِشْرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: oskol
 * Belarusian: шкарлупі́на, лушпі́на, шалупа́йка, шкару́па
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: plisken
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: ŝelo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნაჭუჭი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κέλυφος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:, កណាណូ
 * Korean:, 난각(卵殼), 란각(卵殼)
 * Ladino: kashkara
 * Latin: putāmen
 * Luxembourgish: Schuel
 * Macedonian: черупка
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Maori: pāpapa
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: cruque
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: eggeskall,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: škrupina
 * Slovene: lupina
 * Somali:
 * Southern Altai: кабык
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: шкаралу́па, шкаралу́пина, лушпи́на, лушпа́йка
 * Vietnamese:, vỏ trứng
 * Welsh: masgl, plisgyn


 * Belarusian: па́нцыр
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, krovky
 * Esperanto: ŝelo, karapaco
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: sayap keras
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 鞘翅
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Maori: anga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: па́нцир, па́нцер


 * Arabic:
 * Aromanian: coaji
 * Belarusian: шкарлу́піна
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: ijs̈hopa
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ŝelo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κέλυφος
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: putāmen
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Maori: anga
 * Norman: êcale
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schluw
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Slovene: luščina
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: шкаралу́па, шкаралу́пина, лушпа́йка, лушпи́на
 * Welsh: masgl, plisgyn


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bælg
 * Estonian: kaun
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Plautdietsch: Schluw
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Slovene: strok
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: coden


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bleayst
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: па́нцыр
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skjold
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:, ស្នូកអណ្ដើក
 * Korean: 갑각(甲殼),
 * Lao: ກະດອງ
 * Malayalam:
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: щиток
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: па́нцер, па́нцир
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, placca ossea
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 갑각(甲殼),
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: дру́за
 * Italian: geode, drusa


 * Arabic: ظَرْف
 * Belarusian: гі́льза
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nábojnice
 * Danish: granathylster
 * Estonian: kest
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 약협(藥莢)
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: casquete
 * Swedish:, granathylsa,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гі́льза


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: знара́д
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: obús
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: šrapnel
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: granaat
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჭურვი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: matā
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: снаря́д


 * Belarusian: патро́н
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 약협(藥莢)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Tarifit: rburqi
 * Ukrainian:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Italian:, camicetta,


 * Dutch:
 * Japanese:


 * Czech: rezonátor
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:


 * Czech: hlubotiskový
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:


 * Arabic: قِشْرَة
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: শেল
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 殼層
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: gebruikersomgeving,
 * Esperanto: ŝelo
 * Finnish:, ;
 * French: interface système
 * German: Shell
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 셸
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: љу̏ска
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, skalprogram, , ,
 * Thai: เชลล์
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: petala
 * Polish: powłoka walencyjna
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: balok, mulpikning balok


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: قَوْقَعة
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, kuoriyhtiö
 * Polish: spółka wydmuszka
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian:, ,  ,
 * German:
 * Irish:


 * Mongolian:
 * Tocharian B:

Verb

 * 1) To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
 * 2) To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
 * 3)  To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
 * 4)  To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
 * 5)  To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
 * 6)  To switch to a shell or command line.
 * 7) To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
 * 8)  To form a shelling.
 * 1)  To switch to a shell or command line.
 * 2) To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
 * 3)  To form a shelling.
 * 1) To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
 * 2)  To form a shelling.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 剝
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:,  ,  ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: cascar, descascar,, debagar, degraer,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: kōwhā, miri, kōhā, kōwhiti
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: hephq'ay
 * Spanish: (nut),  (pea)
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: desembolsar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) shall