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No. 7,318 in Swedish

shell

The Swedish word "shell" does not exist as is; it may be an English loanword meaning "outer covering" or could be a misspelling.

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  • Jag köpte en shelljacka för att skydda mig från regnet.

    I bought a shell jacket to protect myself from the rain.

    In this sentence, 'shell' is used in 'shelljacka', describing a type of clothing designed as an outer layer for protection.

  • Vid stranden fann vi en vacker snäcka.

    At the beach, we found a beautiful shell.

    Here, 'shell' refers to 'snäcka', the hard outer covering of a mollusk or similar animal.

  • Programmet körs i en shell innan det kompileras.

    The program runs in a shell before being compiled.

    The term 'shell' in this sentence refers to a computational shell, an interface for interacting with an operating system.

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