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half shell

half shell adjective: inexpensive; not overpriced.

Adjective

half shell

  1. (colloquial, especially, rare) Inexpensive; not overpriced.

Noun

half shell (countable and uncountable, plural half shells)

  1. (figuratively) Any half of a roughly spherical-like object; any dome-shaped object.
  2. (especially) Either half of a clamshell especially when used to serve individual portions of spiced, minced, breaded, baked clams.

Forms of half shell

Adjective
alternative formhalf-shell
Noun
pluralhalf shells

Words formed from half shell

  • on the half-shell

Questions about half shell

What does half shell mean?
Half shell means inexpensive; not overpriced.
What part of speech is half shell?
Half shell can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near half shell in the dictionary

  1. half rhyme
  2. half rhymes
  3. half seas over
  4. half shaft
  5. half shafts
  6. half shell
  7. half shells
  8. half sib
  9. half sibling
  10. half siblings
  11. half sibs

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