Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shell
nounshelling (countable and uncountable, plural shellings)
plural shellings
- countableuncountableAn artillery bombardment.
- countableuncountablemathematicsAn 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)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
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Translations
Arabic قَصْف
- قَصْف (qaṣf)artillery bombardment
Catalan bombardeig, bombardament
- bombardeigartillery bombardment
- bombardamentartillery bombardment
Czech ostřelování
- ostřelováníartillery bombardment
Finnish tykistötuli, kuoriminen
- tykistötuliartillery bombardment
- kuoriminenremoval of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
- halkeilushallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating
French bombardement
- bombardementartillery bombardment
German Bombardierung
- Bombardierungartillery bombardment
Hungarian bombázás
- bombázásartillery bombardment
Italian bombardamento
- bombardamentoartillery bombardment
Russian обстре́л
- обстре́л (obstrél)artillery bombardment
Spanish bombardeo
- bombardeoartillery bombardment
Ukrainian о́бстріл
- о́бстріл (óbstril)artillery bombardment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shelling
sellingtellingspellingcompellingdwellingswellingsmellingbellingwellingfellingparallelinggellingcabbeling
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APA
shelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelling
MLA
“shelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shelling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelling.
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