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star-shell

star-shell is the alternative form of star shell.

Meaning of star shell

Noun

star shell (plural star shells)

  1. A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc.
    • Twilight deepened, and a flicker of star-shells wavered in the sky beyond Béthune.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 260

Forms of star-shell

pluralstar-shells

Questions about star-shell

What is star-shell the alternative form of?
Star-shell is the alternative form of star shell.

Words near star-shell in the dictionary

  1. star-nosed moles
  2. star-of-Bethlehem
  3. star-of-the-earth
  4. star-reed
  5. star-shaped
  6. star-shell
  7. star-shells
  8. star-shower
  9. star-showers
  10. star-sixty-nine
  11. Star-Spangled Banner

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