unshelled
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈʃɛld/
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- I prefer using unshelled almonds in my recipes for a richer flavor.
- unshelled peanuts
- unshelled nuts
- unshelled eggs
Examples
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And I remember he brought this big bag of unshelled sunflower seeds, and I ate the whole bag and I got sick.
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You should buy unshelled peanuts if you want to roast them yourself.
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But the man had ghastly hands, which felt like skin stuffed with unshelled walnuts.
Fiction book (2000) -
Chocolate-covered peanuts, unshelled.
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Many people enjoy snacking on unshelled sunflower seeds during the game.
Synonyms
Having no hard outer layer, for example some snails and nuts
Antonyms
How Shelled
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unshelled = shelled (transparent) = un + shell + ed
Formed by productive prefixation un- + shelled; meaning 'not shelled' is directly predictable from the components.
Etymology
Unshelled comes from the part un- meaning 'not' and shell meaning a hard outer covering, like an eggshell or a seashell. So unshelled means 'without a shell' or with the shell removed, which is why we talk about unshelled nuts or shrimp at the market.