Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half shell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
half shell
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inexpensive; not overpriced.

Colloquial

noun

Any half of a roughly spherical-like object; any dome-shaped object.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Either half of a clamshell especially when used to serve individual portions of spiced, minced, breaded, baked clams.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

half-shell (alternative) half shells (plural)

Phrases

on the half-shell

Questions

What does half shell mean?
Inexpensive; not overpriced.

How to pronounce half shell

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