inshell
/ɪnˈʃɛl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "’Tis Aufidius, Who, hearing of our Coriolanus’ banishment, Thrusts forth his horns again into the world; Which were inshell’d when Coriolanus stood for Rome, And durst not once peep out."
- "[…] of all men that I have ever known, no one was more reluctant to creep out of the modesty in which he had inshelled himself, than the man whom I cannot even yet think no more, feeling towards his memory as if he were still waiting for something not received."
- "Vermilion wings, by distance held To pause aflight while fleeting swift: And high aloft the pearl inshelled Her lucid glow in glow will lift:"
- "Who could know what forces those two-meter hulls inshelled, or what fleets and empires waited on their signal?"
- "Live inshell scallops are preferable to frozen scallop meats."
- "The insects that attack inshell peanuts consist of several species of beetles and of moths."
Etymology
From in- + shell.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: in