sheller

noun

shell·​er ˈshe-lər 

1

: one that shells

a peanut sheller

2

: a person who collects seashells

Examples of sheller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Serious shellers know to get to the beach early for prime specimens like sand dollars, whelks, and scallops. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025

Crocodile farms in Thailand, shrimp shellers in India, crop circles in Kansas. —Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024

Hewey and his team of mechanical engineers, fabricators, and master welders retrofit existing processing equipment, as well as outright design their own, to maximize quality, efficiency, and extraction on the processing line: the leg roller, the spin sheller, the tail splitter, the claw saw. —Adam Erace, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2021

Tuberville even got a shoutout as the Alabama senator in Warnock’s latest ad, which features the Georgian underneath a peanut sheller. —al, 12 Oct. 2022

Sanibel Sanibel, located on Sanibel Island in southwest Florida, is known for its picture-perfect Gulf beaches that are a sheller's paradise. —Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2021

His political leanings were apparent early, when he was inspired by a young San Antonio labor leader, Emma Tenayuca, who led thousands of pecan shellers off the job to protest unfair wage cuts and horrific work conditions. —Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 14 Sep. 2019

Here are some tips for you amateur shellers: Look up the tide charts. —Cassie Armstrong, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018

Friday night, a troupe of actors, singers and dancers took the stage at the Guadalupe Theater to depict her young life up until leading12,000 pecan shellers on strike in the 1930s. —Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sheller

• beller
• cellar
• dweller
• eller
• feller
• meller
• sellar
• seller
• speller
• stellar
• bestseller
• bookseller