unshell

[ uhn-shel ]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove or liberate from or as from a shell.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unshell¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + shell

Example Sentences

Unshell, un-shel′, v.t. to strip of the shell, to release.

From Project Gutenberg

Receiving so many requests now to "unshell Peanuts," he hasn't cracked a book since Christmas!

From Time Magazine Archive

I covered either little foot, I drew the strings about its waist; Pink as the unshell'd inner fruit, But barely decent, hardly chaste, Its nudity had startled me; But when the petticoats were on, "I know," I said; "its name shall be Paul Cyril Athanasius John."

From Project Gutenberg

If we continue to unshell the kernel, we find, below this mineral layer, a last silken tunic that forms a globe around the brood. 

From Project Gutenberg