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n The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

n The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.

n (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.

n The covering, or outside part, of a nut.

n A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume (taxlink|Phaseolus vulgaris|species).

n (plural) husk | Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.

n The conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.

n The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.

n The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.

n The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.

n 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 scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.

n The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.

n Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the 'shell' of a house.

n 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.

n A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.

n (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.

n (music) 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.

n An engraved copper roller used in print works.

n (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.

n (nautical|rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

n (nautical) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.

n (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter.

n (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.

n An emaciated person.

n A psychological barrier to social interaction.

n (business) A legal entity that has no operations.

v To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.

v To bombard, to fire projectiles at.

v (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

v (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.

v (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.