shellers

Nut hull removers

Shellers are machines or people that remove shells from things—nuts, oysters, peas, shrimp.

The term usually refers to mechanical devices: a peanut sheller, an industrial shrimp sheller.

Someone who shells something for a living may also be called a sheller: The oyster shellers worked through the morning.

technique

dexterity

Skillful hand coordination

cracking · hulling · sorting · manual · handwork · repetition · efficiency · speed · skill · practice

products

peanuts

Edible underground legumes

cashews · hazelnuts · pistachios · sunflower · corn · kernels · pods · seeds · nuts · legumes

agriculture

harvest

Gathering mature crops

  • farmingCultivating land for food
  • cropCultivated agricultural plants
  • fieldArea of specialty

cultivation · planting · orchard · agriculture · farmland · hulling · winnowing · drying · storage · yield

equipment

machinery

Collective mechanical equipment

threshing · combine · harvester · automation · production · factory · assembly · manufacturing · sorter · hopper

Categories
Opposites
processing stage

shellersplanters

Vessels for cultivating vegetation

growers · sowers · farmers · cultivators · seeders

direction of action

shellersenclosers

Things that surround others

coaters · wrappers · coverers · packers · stuffers

military action

shellersdefenders

Those who shield others

shelterers · protectors · targets

Phrases
Family

shelled, sheller

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G