seashell

• sea shell

From sea + shell.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsiˌʃɛl/

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seashell (plural seashells)

1. The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
   • 2020 February 7, AJ Willingham, “What a great week for rescue pets!”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!

   • 2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.

2. The animal living inside a seashell.

   The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.

3. A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

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seashell

1. Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

seashell (third-person singular simple present seashells, present participle seashelling, simple past and past participle seashelled)

1. (transitive) To collect seashells.

• seasheller
• seashelling

• scungilli
• Appendix:Colors

• seashell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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