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Shelling

//ˈʃɛlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An artillery bombardment. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target wordnet
  3. 3
    The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Grain from which the husk has been removed. uncountable
  5. 5
    An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology) countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shell form-of, gerund, participle, present

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