"half shell" meaning in All languages combined

See half shell on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} half shell
  1. (rare, colloquial, especially with "on the") Inexpensive; not overpriced. Tags: colloquial, especially, rare Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-half_shell-en-adj-xh1pIXS9 Disambiguation of Foods: 57 18 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 25 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 22 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 22 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-shell

Noun [English]

Forms: half shells [plural]
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 Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-half_shell-en-noun-aHFH8gDB 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-shell Derived forms: on the half-shell

Inflected forms

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