Coating and Shell

Coating

Coating noun - A thin layer covering something.

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Shell and coating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Coating".

Nearby Words: coat, coated

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

Usage example: eating oysters straight out of their shells

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

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

thick	thick coating	thick shell
silver	silver coating	silver shell
green	green coating	green shell
outer	outer coating	outer shell
Other adjectives: large, thin, new, protective, cynical, golden, metallic.

He's Hoist by His Own Petard when the extra-thick coating fails to burn off properly as its protective power is expended... and then solidifies, trapping him in an unbreakable, suffocating shell.

Source: Creator / Lyndon Hardy
A solution that comes up surprisingly rarely is silver-jacketed rounds, coating a lead projectile in a shell of silver in the way regular bullets use copper.

Source: Silver Bullet
He's Hoist by His Own Petard when the extra-thick coating fails to burn off properly as its protective power is expended ... and then solidifies, trapping The Dragon in an unbreakable, suffocating shell.

Source: Taken for Granite

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