Shell

"Shell" in Danish

bælg

(pod)

granat

(hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)

granathylster

(casing of an artillery projectile)

muslingeskal

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

skal

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

skal

(covering of a nut)

skal

(husks of cacao seeds)

skal

(overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body)

skal

(any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure)

skal

(computing: general-purpose environment)

skjold

(conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle)

æggeskal

(hard covering of an egg)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.