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sea shell

sea shell is the alternative form of seashell.

Meaning of seashell

Noun

seashell (plural seashells)

  1. The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
    • Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!2020 February 7, AJ Willingham, “What a great week for rescue pets!”, in CNN
  2. The animal living inside a seashell.
    • The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.
  3. A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

See all 5 meanings of seashell

Forms of sea shell

pluralsea shells

Words formed from sea shell

Questions about sea shell

What is sea shell the alternative form of?
Sea shell is the alternative form of seashell.

Words near sea shell in the dictionary

  1. sea scurfs
  2. sea serpent
  3. sea serpents
  4. sea shanties
  5. sea shanty
  6. sea shell
  7. sea sheller
  8. sea shelling
  9. sea shells
  10. sea shilling
  11. sea shillings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea shell (page history and authors); seashell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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