Definition of "shell-like" []

• Having a similar shape to a seashell (adjective)
• The ear, particularly in set phrases. (noun)

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• "The glittering shell-like paint frames the tongue shaped furniture protrusions that grow from the surrounding walls."
• "From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house."
• "From the out-of-this-world shape of Brazil's Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to the iconic shell-like spirals of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the structures are often as captivating, perplexing and radical as the world-renowned pieces they house."