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Meaning of seashell | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
  2. The animal living inside a seashell.
  3. shell (mollusk)
  4. A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
  5. a type of sweet bread (one that resembles a shell in design and in decoration)
  6. pussy, cunt

Equivalents

አማርኛ ዛጐል
Azərbaycanca dəniz qabığı qabıq
Български раковина
Bosanski pupu
Català conquilla
Čeština mušle schránka
Cymraeg cragen
Ελληνικά όστρακο
Esperanto konko
Español concha
فارسی صدف
Français Coquille
Gaeilge sliogán
Galego cuncha
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi pūpū
עברית צדף
हिन्दी कौड़ी
Hrvatski pupu
Italiano conchiglia
日本語 貝殻
ქართული ნიჟარა
ខ្មែរ ខ្យង
한국어 조개
Lietuvių kriauklė
Te Reo Māori angaanga
Nederlands schelp
Polski muszelka muszla
Português concha
Română scoică
Shqip guaskë
Српски pupu
Svenska snacka
తెలుగు చిప్ప
Tiếng Việt vô số

Examples

“Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!”
“Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.”
“The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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