guscio — meaning in English
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English meaning
- shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
Senses
guscio is used for these senses in English:
- shell The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- shell (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- shell (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
shell — full definition
- noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
- noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
- noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
- verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.