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shell casing

shell casing noun: the container that holds the bullet, primer, and gunpowder in a cartridge.

Noun

shell casing (plural shell casings)

  1. The container that holds the bullet, primer, and gunpowder in a cartridge.

Forms of shell casing

pluralshell casings

Questions about shell casing

What does shell casing mean?
Shell casing means the container that holds the bullet, primer, and gunpowder in a cartridge.
What part of speech is shell casing?
Shell casing is a noun.
What is the plural of shell casing?
The plural of shell casing is shell casings.

Words near shell casing in the dictionary

  1. Shelines
  2. shell
  3. shell bean
  4. shell beans
  5. shell bed
  6. shell casing
  7. shell casings
  8. shell companies
  9. shell company
  10. shell corporation
  11. shell corporations

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