shotgun shell

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   a shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns

   Broadershell

   Partsbird shot

Questions about shotgun shell

What does shotgun shell mean?

shotgun shell means "a shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns".

Is shotgun shell a common word?

shotgun shell 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.