Exterior
Shell
Shell noun - An outer part or layer.
Usage example: the shell of the building is all glass, making it conspicuous on a street with mostly limestone facades
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Synonyms for Shell
Exterior is a synonym for shell in hull topic. You can use "Exterior" instead a noun "Shell", if it concerns topics such as carapace.
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- In his words, to most girls he's a heartless womanizer with a hard, rough exterior, like a candy shell.
Source: Jerk with a Heart of Jerk - World Tree: When seen from far away, the Exterior actually resembles a leafless tree enclosed in a shell, with the treetop in Latva and the roots in Juuri ('latva' and 'juuri' actually are the Finnish words for 'treetop' and 'root').
Source: Film / The Exterior - Beneath the Shell-Shocked Veteran exterior is a man who knows he betrayed the world to its ultimate doom, and would do so again, out of sheer terror.
Source: Self-Proclaimed Liar
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