sheller
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈʃɛlər/
:
descascarador
- The sheller quickly removed the shells from the freshly harvested peas.
Examples
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But basically the corn sheller people generally shell corn by hand.
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At the market, I saw a machine that can act as a sheller for oysters, making the process much faster.
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When the engineers passed out their device, the women said thanks and put the sheller to work.
Academic text (2006) -
The sheller consisted of a piece of wood with a hole in the middle.
Academic text (2006) -
The nut sheller features only one moving part for easy manufacture and use.
Academic text (2011) -
Many rural villages in developing countries have adopted the Universal Nut Sheller to process not only peanuts, but also other nuts and seeds.
Academic text (2011) -
The sheller is adjustable and can shell coffee berries, shea nuts, and jatropha seeds.
Academic text (2011) -
The Universal Nut Sheller allows a person to shell 125 pounds of peanuts per hour, up from the traditional 25 pounds that can be done by hand, said Jock Brandis, founder and research and development director of The Full Belly Project of Wilmington, N.C., which designed the sheller.
Academic text (2011) -
The farmer found a new sheller that efficiently separated the beans from their pods.
Synonyms
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6.5
A person or tool that removes shells from oysters and husks from corn
A machine that removes the outer covering from seeds or grains
A person who opens hard shells of nuts or shellfish for food
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sheller comes from the common word shell, meaning 'the hard outer part', and the ending -er, which means 'a person or thing that does something'. So a sheller is 'one who removes shells', like a person or machine that takes peas or oysters out of their shells.