シェル — meaning in English

English meaning

• gel noun A soft, semi-solid substance somewhere between a liquid and a solid, such as hair gel or a jelly-like material.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

シェル is used for these senses in English:

• gel A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
• gel Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
• shell (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.

gel — full definition

1. noun A soft, semi-solid substance somewhere between a liquid and a solid, such as hair gel or a jelly-like material.
2. verb To come together successfully as a group or idea; to click.

shell — full definition

1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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