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- adjective Having a similar shape to a
seashell - noun slang, UK The
ear , particularly in set phrases.
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Examples
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Pearl Hand tucked her long hair behind her shell-like ears.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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And I'm glad I was dumped before social networking crystallised, shell-like, over our lives, because however painful it was, the experience seems now quite pure.
Online break-ups 2012
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From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house.
World's Most Stunning Museums (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2010
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They found a durable plastic button with a shell-like sheen for three cents each.
Polo Puzzle: What Goes Into a $155 Price Tag? Christina Binkley 2012
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From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house.
World's Most Stunning Museums (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house.
World's Most Stunning Museums (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house.
World's Most Stunning Museums (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2010
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The glittering shell-like paint frames the tongue shaped furniture protrusions that grow from the surrounding walls.
The Nautilus – Giant Snail-Shaped Home Fit for a Family | Inhabitat 2009
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From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house.
World's Most Stunning Museums (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Here Chipperfield is following a romantic, ambitious, but disastrous attempt to realise a shell-like object placed in the sea, by the Norwegian architects Snøhetta.
yarb commented on the word shell-like
UK colloquial - ear. Often heard in the introductory phrase "a word in your shell-like..."
August 15, 2010