Collocations for "shelling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shelling" in context.
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shell
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- a [sea, mussel, tortoise, clam, snail] shell
- as thin as an egg shell
- (just) [an empty, a hollow] shell
- the [outer, exterior, protective] shell
- [bullet, mortar, missile, rocket] shells
- [peanut, coconut, walnut] shells
- [taco, tortilla, pasta, pie] shells
- [collect, find, gather] shells (on the beach)
- [crack, break, split] open the shell
- [crack] the shell open
- [fill, boil, cook] pasta shells
- shells [on, from] the [shore, beach, bay, ocean]
- the new [girl, student, worker] came out of her shell (eventually)
- is [just, merely, barely] a shell (of a man)
- a shell of [a man, her former self, the man he once was]
- the shell of the [building, house]
- a bombed-out shell
- (the enemy) fired shells at them
- [soldiers, men] were suffering from shell shock
- a shell casing
- shell the [enemy, base, bunker, town]
- the [rebels, tanks] shelled the [enemy]
- shell [oysters, mussels, peanuts, pistachios]
- shelling at the [beach, ocean]
- shell out [$400] for a new [TV, transmission]
'shelling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):