hard-shell
adjective
variants
or hard-shelled
: fundamental sense 2b, fundamentalist
a hard-shell preacher
hard-shell Baptists
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Modern restaurant menus, with the familiar enchiladas and tamales and hard-shell tacos, can resemble Tex-Mex, but never say that to a New Mexican local.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The Beast comes with a hard-shell zip-up case that securely holds the glasses and USB cable.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Since many bags share the same characteristics (think a black, medium-sized, hard-shell suitcase, for example), listing any unique attributes will help.
—Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
Since the seeds are hard-shelled, germination often requires scarification, that is, weakening of the seeds’ coats by an exterior force in order to encourage water absorption.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The Beast comes with a hard-shell zip-up case that securely holds the glasses and USB cable.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Since many bags share the same characteristics (think a black, medium-sized, hard-shell suitcase, for example), listing any unique attributes will help.
—Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
Since the seeds are hard-shelled, germination often requires scarification, that is, weakening of the seeds’ coats by an exterior force in order to encourage water absorption.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Hard-shell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-shell. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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