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star shells

star shells is the plural 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

Questions about star shells

What is star shells the plural of?
Star shells is the plural of star shell.

Words near star shells in the dictionary

  1. star sedge
  2. star sedges
  3. star seed
  4. star seeds
  5. star shell
  6. star shells
  7. star shot
  8. star shower
  9. star showers
  10. star sign
  11. star signs

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