Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unshelled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: un-shelled
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not having had the shell removed.

adj

Not bombarded with military shells.

verb

simple past and past participle of unshell

Example Sentences

"At every table on the baseball field Friday night there were glass vases filled with unshelled peanuts, Cracker Jack and toy baseballs, with miniature bats rising like stems and capped by University of Miami batting helmets."
"After intelligence indicated that the Germans were using the unshelled route almost exclusively, Uniacke would quickly shift all his guns there, with disastrous effects for the Germans."

Etymology

From un- + shelled.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Synonyms

shell-less

Questions

What does unshelled mean?: Not having had the shell removed.
Where does unshelled come from?: From un- + shelled.

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