shell-less

1. 1.

   of animals or fruits that have no shell

   Synonymsunshelled

Questions about shell-less

What does shell-less mean?

shell-less means "of animals or fruits that have no shell".

How many syllables are in shell-less?

shell-less has 2 syllables and divides as shell--less under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for shell-less?

Close synonyms include unshelled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shell-less a common word?

shell-less is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.