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shell roads

shell roads is the plural of shell road.

Meaning of shell road

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

Questions about shell roads

What is shell roads the plural of?
Shell roads is the plural of shell road.

Words near shell roads in the dictionary

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

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