shell crust

  • 21shell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bomb, bombard, cannonade, strafe, pepper; shuck, strip, pod, hull. See attack, divestment. n. case; carapace; husk, seashell; bomb, grenade, explosive, shrapnel, torpedo; boat, cockleshell, racing… …

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  • 22shell — [[t]ʃɛl[/t]] n. 1) zool. a hard outer covering of an animal, as of a clam, snail, lobster, or turtle 2) zool. the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind 3) zool. the hard exterior of an egg 4) bot the usu. hard outer covering …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23crust — [14] Latin crusta meant ‘hard outer covering, shell’ (it is related to a number of words, including ultimately crystal, denoting a hard surface caused by freezing). Old French acquired it as crouste (the modern French form croûte formed the basis …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24crust — [14] Latin crusta meant ‘hard outer covering, shell’ (it is related to a number of words, including ultimately crystal, denoting a hard surface caused by freezing). Old French acquired it as crouste (the modern French form croûte formed the basis …

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  • 25Shell-lac — Shellac Shel lac , Shell lac Shell lac , n. [Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.] 1. Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust. See the Note under 2d {Lac}. [1913 Webster] 2. A solution of shellac[1] in alcohol or… …

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  • 26crust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cake, coating, rind, shell, hull, incrustation; slang, nerve (see courage). See covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A crisp covering] Syn. hull, rind, piecrust, pastry shell; see coat 2 , shell 1 . 2. [A …

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  • 27shell-lac — Lac Lac, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer}, {Litmus}.] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the {Laccifer lacca}… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28crust — Synonyms and related words: French bread, Irish soda bread, Italian bread, acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, black bread, border, brashness, brass, bread, bread stick, bread stuff, brown bread, cheek, chutzpah, circumference, clay, clod,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29shell — n 1. 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,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 30crust — n 1. cover, coat, layer, blanket, mantle, topping; skin, coating, film, haze, scale, slough; scab, incrustation, cake. 2. shell, casing, hull, husk, rind, bark, cortex …

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