Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪnˈʃɛl/
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/ˈɪnˌʃɛl/
Verb
To enclose in a shell.
Usage- Literary
- Rare
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’Tis Aufidius, Who, hearing of our Coriolanus’ banishment, Thrusts forth his horns again into the world; Which were inshell’d when Coriolanus stood for Rome, And durst not once peep out.
[…] of all men that I have ever known, no one was more reluctant to creep out of the modesty in which he had inshelled himself, than the man whom I cannot even yet think no more, feeling towards his memory as if he were still waiting for something not received.
Vermilion wings, by distance held To pause aflight while fleeting swift: And high aloft the pearl inshelled Her lucid glow in glow will lift:
Who could know what forces those two-meter hulls inshelled, or what fleets and empires waited on their signal?
Adjective
(of nuts, eggs, shellfish) Not removed from the shell.
Usage- not-comparable
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Live inshell scallops are preferable to frozen scallop meats.
The insects that attack inshell peanuts consist of several species of beetles and of moths.
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The stain […] contains iodine, which is also a permitted disinfectant for inshell eggs.
Recent research shows that people snacking on inshell pistachios ate 41 percent fewer calories than those who consumed shelled nuts.
Noun
A product (nut, shellfish) that has not been removed from its shell.
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Inshells are shipped in 50-pound sacks, while shelled walnut pieces are shipped in 25-pound bags'