seashell
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- noun
- /ˈsiːˌʃɛl/
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concha
- We walked on the beach, looking for seashells that washed ashore after the storm.
He's curious about everything, how everything works, how seashells form.
- He's curious about everything, how everything works, how seashells form.
- And some people carry, some people collect seashells.
- And most of the time you see rocks or seashells.
- Seashell seashells Seashells She she sells. She sells seashells by the seashore.
- If I see you in seashells, seashells, Seashells, seashells, seashells, my seashells, I'll say you're the most beautiful girl in session.
Examples
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From her dresser, she picked up a seashell and held it to her ear, closing her eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
We invented games with seashells and pebbles and pieces of driftwood.
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Listen: Place your ear to a seashell, or to this infamous prison phone, and listen.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm making you another seashell necklace.
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And I reached my hands out so he could touch the seashells I was holding.
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Maybe sometime you and I can go find some seashells together.
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We walked on the beach, looking for seashells and Cape Cod diamonds.
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With its flat teeth, this Placodont mostly eats seashells and molluscs.
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Her nails, overlong, pale as seashells, seem to lag behind her fingers.
Fiction book (1991) -
Seen from the right angle, the city was a sequence of seashells, glistening abalone, and mother-of-pearl.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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A hard outer part of a sea animal that people use for decoration or to add calcium to soil
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A hard ribbed outer part of a small sea animal often found on beaches
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A fan-shaped shell with lines from the middle to the edge often used as a symbol
A clam's two hard shells joined at one side that open and close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word seashell is simply the two English words sea and shell, meaning a 'shell' from the 'sea'. So, a seashell is the hard outer part of a sea animal that you find on the beach.