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Spelling: [sheld]

IPA: /ʃɛld/

Shelled is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in shelled (deehlls).

Definitions for shelled

noun

1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
2. any of various objects resembling such a covering, as in shape or in being more or less concave or hollow.
3. the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind.
4. the hard exterior of an egg.
5. the usually hard, outer covering of a seed, fruit, or the like, as the hard outside portion of a nut, the pod of peas, etc.
6. a hard, protecting or enclosing case or cover.
7. an attitude or manner of reserve that usually conceals one's emotions, thoughts, etc.:
8. a hollow projectile for a cannon, mortar, etc., filled with an explosive charge designed to explode during flight, upon impact, or after penetration.
9. a metallic cartridge used in small arms and small artillery pieces.
10. a metal or paper cartridge, as for use in a shotgun.
11. a cartridgelike pyrotechnic device that explodes in the air.
12. shells, Italian Cookery. small pieces of pasta having the shape of a shell.
13. the lower pastry crust of a pie, tart, or the like, baked before the filling is added.
14. Computers. a program providing a menu-driven or graphical user interface designed to simplify use of the operating system, as in loading application programs.
15. Physics. any of up to seven energy levels on which an electron may exist within an atom, the energies of the electrons on the same level being equal and on different levels being unequal. a group of nucleons of approximately the same energy.
16. a light, long, narrow racing boat, for rowing by one or more persons.
17. the outer part of a finished garment that has a lining, especially a detachable lining.
18. a woman's sleeveless blouse or sweater, especially one meant for wear under a suit jacket.
19. Nautical. the plating, planking, or the like, covering the ribs and forming the exterior hull of a vessel.
20. tortoiseshell (def 1).
21. a mollusk.
22. Engineering. the curved solid forming a dome or vault.
23. an arena or stadium covered by a domed or arched roof.
24. a saucer-shaped arena or stadium.
25. the framework, external structure, or walls and roof of a building:
26. a small glass for beer.
27. the metal, pressure-resistant outer casing of a fire-tube boiler.
28. Metallurgy. a scab on the surface of an ingot. a length of unfinished tubing. a pierced forging. a hollow object made by deep drawing.

adjective

1. having the shell removed:
2. (especially of field corn, grain, etc.) removed from the ear or husk.
3. having or enclosed in a shell.

Verb phrases

1. shell out, Informal. to hand over (money); contribute; pay.

verb (used with object)

1. to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; remove the shell of.
2. to separate (Indian corn, grain, etc.) from the ear, cob, or husk.
3. to fire shells or explosive projectiles into, upon, or among; bombard.

verb (used without object)

1. to fall or come out of the shell, husk, etc.
2. to come away or fall off, as a shell or outer coat.
3. to gather sea shells:

Origin of shelled

First recorded in 1570-80; shell + -ed²

Examples for shelled

Suppose we go and sit, by way of a change, on the fortifications and get shelled at.

We were shelled all the morning, but had no serious casualties.

Were they to stay there and be shelled all day, without a chance to see anything of the fighting?

Once, during the war, he shelled out the cash to hire a band on Christmas Day.

When the corn was shelled, the cobs were not carelessly discarded or disregarded.

Romney shelled out an effective rate of 13.8 percent in taxes on an income of $21.7 million in 2010.

Ankara shelled targets in Syria after an errant shell from Syrian forces killed Turkish citizens Wednesday.

Between 9/11 and the 2009 bill, America shelled out $15 billion.

Then she went down to the arbour where she had shelled peas only that morning.

[Fashionista] The Gap Buys Intermix: Gap Inc has shelled out $130 million to purchase high-end retail chain, Intermix.