Ball and Shell

Ball

Ball noun - A usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm.

Usage example: found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort

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Shell and ball are semantically related. in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Ball".

Nearby Words: ballroom, ballpoint, balled, balling

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Ball and shell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ball" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

complete	complete ball	complete shell
plastic	plastic ball	plastic shell
green	green ball	green shell
single	single ball	single shell
Other adjectives: round, stray, small, hard, massive, large, big, huge, new, glowing, yellow, explosive, next, last, golden, literal, spiked, pink, giant, exploding, purple, spiky.

The ball isn't under the first shell...or the second shell...or even the third shell.

Source: Shell Game
The solution is that the guy running the shell game uses his fingers to indicate which cup the ball is actually under.

Source: Shell Game
Being a dumb-as-brick AI housed in a spherical shell the size of a small medicine ball, he quite literally is one himself.

Source: Videogame / Portal 2

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