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shelling

/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
shelling
IPA
/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shell

noun

An artillery bombardment.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Grain from which the husk has been removed.

Uncountable

noun

An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shellings (plural)

Phrases

sea shelling

Synonyms

barrage barrage fire battery bombardment

Rhymes With

telling selling yelling spelling compelling dwelling swelling smelling bestselling retelling propelling expelling

Questions

How do you pronounce shelling?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɛlɪŋ/.
What does shelling mean?
present participle and gerund of shell

How to pronounce shelling

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