English Explanatory Dictionary

half shell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inexpensive; not overpriced.
noun
  1. Any half of a roughly spherical-like object; any dome-shaped object.
  2. Either half of a clamshell especially when used to serve individual portions of spiced, minced, breaded, baked clams.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-half shell.wav

Word forms

half shell half-shell half shells

Derived words

on the half-shell
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