adj
Meaning 1
Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
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adj
Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
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noun
The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
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noun
The animal living inside a seashell.
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noun
A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
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verb
To collect seashells.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
the shell of a marine organism
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Broader terms: shell
History
Etymology tree English sea Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skolH-yeh2 Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English seashell From sea + shell.
Across languages
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.