INSHELL

Etymology

Verb

inshell (third-person singular simple present inshells, present participle inshelling, simple past and past participle inshelled)

(literary rare) To enclose in a shell.

Adjective

inshell (not comparable)

(agriculture, fisheries) (of nuts, eggs, shellfish) Not removed from the shell.

Antonyms

• shelled

Noun

inshell (plural inshells)

(agriculture, fisheries) A product (nut, shellfish) that has not been removed from its shell.

Anagrams

• Hillens

Source: Wiktionary


In*shell", v. t.

Definition: To hide in a shell. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon