seashell B2 Topic:Nature & Landscape US /ˈsiːˌʃɛl/ UK /ˈsiːˌʃɛl/ See IPA manual Freq #46199 Meanings 1 noun the hard shell of a marine mollusk, especially an empty shell found on a shore She found a spiral seashell half buried in the wet sand. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the hard shell of a marine... sea shellmarine shell Word family Forms seashells Derived forms seasheller Related forms shellmolluskconchbeach Etymology A compound of sea + shell, continuing Old English saescill, 'sea shell.' The closed spelling seashell and the open form sea shell are both established in modern English. Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # seashell **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsiːˌʃɛl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsiːˌʃɛl/ **Frequency rank:** 46199 ## Meanings 1. the hard shell of a marine mollusk, especially an empty shell found on a shore ## Examples - She found a spiral seashell half buried in the wet sand. ## Synonyms - sea shell - marine shell ## Derived Forms - seasheller ## Related Forms - shell - mollusk - conch - beach ## Etymology A compound of sea + shell, continuing Old English saescill, 'sea shell.' The closed spelling seashell and the open form sea shell are both established in modern English. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown