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shelling.

An artillery bombardment.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
  1. An artillery bombardment.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Grain from which the husk has been removed.

    uncountable
  4. 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
  5. Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.

    countable · uncountable
verb/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
  1. present participle and gerund of shell

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
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