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shell road

shell road noun: a road with a bed or other layer made from shells.

Noun

shell road (plural shell roads)

  1. (US) A road with a bed or other layer made from shells.
    • You know, the kind of New Orleans rain that […] tamps down the dust of the old shell roads and washes down the oyster stink in the French Quarter gutters and slicks up all the playground equipment and makes New Orleans smell—is it possible?—so fresh.2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, Simon & Schuster, published 2015, page 22

Forms of shell road

pluralshell roads

Questions about shell road

What does shell road mean?
Shell road means a road with a bed or other layer made from shells.
What part of speech is shell road?
Shell road is a noun.
What is the plural of shell road?
The plural of shell road is shell roads.

Words near shell road in the dictionary

  1. shell pie
  2. shell pies
  3. shell pink
  4. shell pinks
  5. Shell Ridge
  6. shell road
  7. shell roads
  8. shell sac
  9. shell sacs
  10. shell sand
  11. shell script

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