"half shell" meaning in All languages combined

See half shell on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-half shell.wav Forms: half-shell [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} half shell
  1. (rare, colloquial, especially with "on the") Inexpensive; not overpriced. Tags: colloquial, especially, rare
    Sense id: en-half_shell-en-adj-xh1pIXS9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 48 39

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-half shell.wav Forms: half shells [plural], half-shell [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} half shell (countable and uncountable, plural half shells)
  1. (physics, figuratively) Any half of a roughly spherical-like object; any dome-shaped object. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-half_shell-en-noun-aHFH8gDB Categories (other): Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Foods Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 48 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 42 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 44 32 Disambiguation of Foods: 31 43 26 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (of food, especially with "on the") Either half of a clamshell especially when used to serve individual portions of spiced, minced, breaded, baked clams. Tags: countable, especially, uncountable
    Sense id: en-half_shell-en-noun-~iqaq6-Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 48 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: on the half-shell

Inflected forms

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