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half shell en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, especially, rare, with "on the") Inexpensive; not overpriced.

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half shell en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any half of a roughly spherical-like object; any dome-shaped object.
  2. (countable, especially, of food, uncountable, with "on the") Either half of a clamshell especially when used to serve individual portions of spiced, minced, breaded, baked clams.

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half shells Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

on the half-shell