hard shell

collocation in English

meaningsofhardandshell

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hard
adjective
uk
/hɑːd/us
/hɑːrd/
not easy to bend, cut, ...
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shell
noun
uk
/ʃel/us
/ʃel/
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and ...
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(Definition ofhardandshellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Users of membrane oxygenators have two types of blood reservoirs to choose from: rigid (hardshell) open venous reservoirs and flexible closed reservoirs.
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The soft underbelly of an international civil society lacks ahardshellof sovereignty.
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Strychnos aculeata has a large woody berry of about 15- 19 cm diameter with seeds buried in a soft pulp enclosed within ahardshell.
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An elephant can use its trunk to hit these fruits against other hard objects to break them open before grinding thehardshellor pulp with its massive teeth.
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These are the people who have over the years assumed ahardshell.
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There are two main types of helmet:hardshelland soft/micro shell (no-shell helmets are now rare).
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Its seed is housed in another greater covering orhardshellwhich protects it from harm.
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The other alternative hat for eveningwear is the normalhardshell.
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The fruits are favoured by elephants, the only animals able to break through thehardshell.
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A 3 mm layer of flesh covers a brain-like nut with ahardshellthat encases the seed.
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The fruit is large (120mm diameter), round and with a smoothhardshell, bluish-green in colour and turning yellow when ripe.
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When the fruit is tender, the kernel inside thehardshellis an edible jelly that is refreshing and rich in minerals.
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When ripe, the 1.5mmhardshellencloses the yellow flesh which has an appealing sweet taste that has been likened to pear or plum.
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Eggs have a smooth,hardshellthat is transparent and yellow-brown with a more conventional, ovoid egg shape.
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The larvae's pliable and soft body is transformed into a pupa with ahardshell.
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When first extracted from the pine cone, they are covered with ahardshell(seed coat), thin in some species, thick in others.
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Blue claw crab, oysters, andhardshellclams, scallops, and conch are abundant throughout these areas.
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Dungeness crabs have a wide, long,hardshell, which they must periodically moult to grow; this process is called ecdysis.
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