Holder and Shell

Holder

Holder noun - One who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership.

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Shell and holder are semantically related in ammunition topic. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Holder".

Nearby Words: hold, holding

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

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Holder and shell are semantically related in ammunition topic. Sometimes you can use "Holder" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

individual	individual holder	individual shell
huge	huge holder	huge shell
new	new holder	new shell
yellow	yellow holder	yellow shell
Other adjectives: last, golden.

Brennan's father Max is definitely a shipper by season six, asking Angela if Brennan and Booth were together, declaring his daughter much prettier and smarter than Hannah Burley, and then buying his daughter a conch shell toothbrush-holder with two holes.

Source: Series / Bones
Also, the Auto Shotgun has a shell holder that gradually empties as you reload if you have five shells or less in reserve.

Source: Video Game / GoldenEye (1997)

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