protective shell

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectiveandshell

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protective
adjective
uk
/prəˈtek.tɪv/us
/prəˈtek.tɪv/
giving ...
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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 ofprotectiveandshellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She builds her diva persona along with her voice, aprotectiveshellaround her difference.
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The service seems to have aprotectiveshell.
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But even then, every country had to surround itself with aprotectiveshell.
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Humans, elves, and mutants are therefore devoid of thatprotectiveshellthat seemed to last forever.
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So the record was born out of that feeling, of two people having aprotectiveshellaround each other.
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To illustrate this, he relates how an eagle has seized a tortoise but can not eat it because of theprotectiveshell.
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Reptile eggs, bird eggs, and monotreme eggs, are laid out of water, and are surrounded by aprotectiveshell, either flexible or inflexible.
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This method uses two biomolecules which are covalently bonded to one another to form aprotectiveshellaround the quantum dot.
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The ship's name derives from itsprotectiveshell-like covering.
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In these systems aprotectiveshellor chamber is fitted that covers the entire platen.
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Consuming a crustacean might give the player's eater a hardprotectiveshell, for example, while an insectoid creature might offer a poisonous tail instead.
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It was covered by aprotectiveshellcomposed of more than 1,000 2.5 cm-thick bony plates, called "osteoderms" or "scutes".
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Also, thisprotectiveshellsignificantly increases the shelf life of the substance.
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The scutellum is enlarged, forming aprotectiveshellover the abdomen, giving them a beetle-like appearance.
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In general, aprotectiveshellis applied for protective shielding against impact damage.
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Peter enters aprotectiveshellto shield himself from the changes.
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However, it was common for users to manually flip the disk to utilize the opposite side, after cutting a second notch on the diskette'sprotectiveshellto allow write-access.
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As it grows it deposits frass and chewed plant tissue on the walls of its chamber, producing a rigidprotectiveshellin which it will pupate.
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Mud crabs are especially fond of hermit crabs, which are grasped by the legs and pulled out of their protective shells.
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