Roof and Shell

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Roof noun - A raised covering over something for decoration or protection.

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

Nearby Words: roofed, roofing, roofer, roofless

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

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

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

Many wheeled Armoured Personnel Carriers, awesome or otherwise, start out this way: The chassis of a light truck or large 4x4 with an armoured body-shell and a roof hatch with a ring mount for a machine gun.

Source: Technically a Transport
In Ghost in the Shell, Major Motoko Kusanagi is fond of roof-hopping, even roof-diving off skyscrapers without a parachute.

Source: Roofhopping
Even when a shell rips open the roof, almost crushing him and dumping a chandelier, along with a fair amount of masonry, onto his food.

Source: Video Game / Battalion Wars

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