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[ hahrd-shel ] / ˈhɑrdˌʃɛl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hard-shell ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveAlso hard-shelled . having a firm, hard shell, as a crab in its normal state; not having recently molted. rigid or uncompromising. Origin of hard-shellFirst recorded in 1790–1800 Words nearby hard-shellhardscape, hard science, hardscrabble, hard sell, hard-set, hard-shell, hard-shell clam, hard-shell crab, hardship, hard shoulder, hard sign Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hard-shellThere are reasons, in other words, for hard-shell conservatives to give him the gimlet eye. Rand Paul Woos the Base With Hot Monica Lewinsky Talk|Michael Tomasky|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST One main culprit was the hard-shell helmet that had essentially become a spearing weapon. Super Bowl XLVIII Is Set to Be the Most Violent One Yet|Evin Demirel|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST What the hard-shell righties want to know is not about the boring issue of consular security. The Nonexistent Case Against Susan Rice Crumbles|Michael Tomasky|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST From a policy perspective, this is the next battleground, the pressure point of resistance for the hard-shell ideologues. The Resistance Begins: Rick Scott Announces Florida Won't Take Medicaid Money|Michael Tomasky|July 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When the oyster season closes in April, the hard-shell clam comes into vogue, the season lasting until September or October. The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold He is such a hard-shell being that he cannot put out feelers to his kind. The former is sold in the San Francisco markets as the "hard-shell clam." The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold M—— was a Hard-shell Baptist, and owned the church, which was built also of logs. The Minute Man of the Frontier|W. G. Puddefoot Find out what you yourself really do think, and if you turn out a Sun-worshiper or a Hard-shell Baptist, why, good luck. The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for hard-shell
adjective also: hard-shelledzoology having a shell or carapace that is thick, heavy, or hard US strictly orthodox nounanother name for the quahog Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hard-shellaccepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, fixed, habituated, hardened, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable, proved, seasoned, set, settled, staid, inured |