Shell
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller. To bombard, to fire projectiles at. To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg. The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects. The covering, or outside part, of a nut. A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris. Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate. The conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle. The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a seige 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 scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb (q.v.). The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house. 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. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one. A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell. 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. An engraved copper roller used in print works. The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating. The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve. A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat. A general-purpose environment, usually command-line-oriented, within which other commands are invoked and their interactions controlled. A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number. An emaciated person. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
Example sentence: The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
Plate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.To perform cunnilingus.To score a run.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A dish from which food is served or eaten.The contents of such a dish.A course at a meal.A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.A vehicle license plateA weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.An image or copy.An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.A decorative or food service item coated with silver.A foot, from "plates of meat".Home plate.A tectonic plate.Plate armour.The type of scales covering some kinds of reptile.An electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank
Example sentence: There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.