Casing vs Shell - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- the housing or outer covering of something
Definition as Noun
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- a very light narrow racing boat
Definition as Verb
- fall out of the pod or husk
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- remove the husks from
Examples
- "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
- "the clock has a walnut case"
- "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
- "the clock has a walnut case"
- "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
- "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
- "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
- "blast a passage through the mountain"