shelling
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, british
VERB + SHELLING
am, help
SHELLING + NOUN
chestnuts, day, eggs
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
An artillery bombardment.
The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
Grain from which the husk has been removed.
An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)
Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.
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noun — the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Help me with shelling these eggs!
Tatoeba · #325214The British shelling stopped at seven o'clock.
Tatoeba · #804069The shelling continued all day.
Tatoeba · #807106I am shelling eggs.
Tatoeba · #3339440Shelling chestnuts is a hassle.
Tatoeba · #12442638Shelling chestnuts is a pain.
Tatoeba · #12442639