Get to know Seashell better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like shell.
Seashell meaning
- The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
- The animal living inside a seashell.
- A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
Synonyms of Seashell
Using Seashell
- The main meaning on this page is: The empty shell of a marine mollusk. | The animal living inside a seashell. | A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
- Useful related words include: shell.
- In the example corpus, seashell often appears in combinations such as: seashell and, the seashell, spiral seashell.
Context around Seashell
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seashell
- In this selection, "seashell" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spiral, resembled, museum and stringing stand out and add context to how "seashell" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a spiral seashell and asked and as state seashell and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seashell" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seashell
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He presented a spiral seashell and asked for a string to be run through it. (15 words)
After drying, the sheet is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone or seashell or round hardwood. (18 words)
They created a seashell museum, and with an agreement with the Fort Frederik officials, made the fort their first location. (20 words)
The death of Minos Palace of Minos Minos searched for Daedalus by traveling from city to city asking a riddle; he presented a spiral seashell and asked for it to be strung all the way through. (36 words)
Last month, Newsom signed three bills to establish new state symbols including the banana slug as state slug, the black abalone as state seashell and the Dungeness crab as state crustacean. (31 words)
In the living and dining areas, chandeliers designed by Ms. Anker combine small photovoltaic panels with discs or squares of seashell, and turn on automatically at dusk. (27 words)
Example sentences (10)
It’s easy to see the variety of fish, shells, and coral illustrated under the sea, while the seashell is hidden in plain sight.
Last month, Newsom signed three bills to establish new state symbols including the banana slug as state slug, the black abalone as state seashell and the Dungeness crab as state crustacean.
On a smaller scale – sometimes a very small scale – one aspect to focus on is the marvel that is a seashell.
Although most people believed the seashell resembled terrorist Bin Laden, others thought it looked like ex-Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini.
In the living and dining areas, chandeliers designed by Ms. Anker combine small photovoltaic panels with discs or squares of seashell, and turn on automatically at dusk.
They created a seashell museum, and with an agreement with the Fort Frederik officials, made the fort their first location.
After drying, the sheet is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone or seashell or round hardwood.
He presented a spiral seashell and asked for a string to be run through it.
He tied the string to an ant which, lured by a drop of honey at one end, walked through the seashell stringing it all the way through.
The death of Minos Palace of Minos Minos searched for Daedalus by traveling from city to city asking a riddle; he presented a spiral seashell and asked for it to be strung all the way through.
Common combinations with seashell
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: