smooth-shelled

1. 1.

   having a smooth shell

   Similarshelled

Questions about smooth-shelled

What does smooth-shelled mean?

smooth-shelled means "having a smooth shell".

How many syllables are in smooth-shelled?

smooth-shelled has 2 syllables and divides as smooth--shelled 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.

Is smooth-shelled a common word?

smooth-shelled 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.