shellexchange
nounUK /ˈʃel.ɪksˌtʃeɪndʒ/
US /ˈʃel.ɪksˌtʃeɪndʒ/
A shell exchange is a place where people trade seashells with each other.
At the beach festival, the shell exchange was full of kids swapping shiny shells.
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2. A computer program that lets a user switch between different command-line shells.
The developer used a shell exchange tool to move from bash to zsh quickly.
3. A meeting where scientists trade and study mollusk shells.
The marine biology club held a shell exchange to compare rare snail shells.
4. A service that swaps empty gas or chemical shells for full ones.
The factory uses a shell exchange to keep its gas cylinders refilled.