empty shell

ˈɛmpti ʃɛl
empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
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Translation of empty shell from English into Dutch

Noun

1.

object

outer covering left after contents are removed
  • After the storm, the beach was covered in empty shells.Na de storm lag het strand bezaaid met lege hulzen.
2.

metaphor

person or thing lacking real value or purpose
  • After the tragedy, he became an empty shell.Na de tragedie werd hij een lege huls.
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Expressions with empty shell: examples in English and translations in Dutch

lege huls
After the tragedy, he felt like just an empty shell.
een lege huls
After the loss, I'm just an empty shell with no joy left.

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  • empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
    (object) lege huls

Synonyms and analogies of empty shell in English

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Examples of empty shell in a sentence

  • After the snail moved on, only an empty shell remained.
  • The company is now just an empty shell.
  • He smiled, but he was an empty shell inside.

Translations of "empty shell" in Context ordered by category and frequency

lege huls

An empty shell that he could control with a few buttons.

Een lege huls die hij kon besturen met een paar knoppen.

lege schelp

The hermit crab quickly crawled into an empty shell to protect itself.

De heremietkreeft kroop snel in een lege schelp om zichzelf te beschermen.

Noun
leeg omhulselnn.

What we have is an empty shell with no answers.

We hebben een leeg omhulsel zonder antwoorden.

brievenbusfirmanf.

For years the bank serviced what was essentially just an empty shell.

Jarenlang bediende de bank wat in wezen slechts een brievenbusfirma was.

schimnf.

Hauled from the rubble of a decimated Manhattan, Aya is little more than an empty shell.

Aya wordt aangetroffen tussen het puin van een uitgeroeid Manhattan en is nog maar een schim van wat ze ooit was.

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empty shell: Examples and translations in context

Will remain an empty shell, which is useful for crafts.

Zal een lege huls, wat handig is voor ambachten blijven.

That, in practice, appears to be an empty shell.

Dat blijkt in de praktijk een lege huls te zijn.

Rinse empty shell, and put to dry for a day or two.

Spoel lege huls, en zet te drogen voor een dag of twee.

That beach thing... is just an empty shell.

Dat daar op het strand is slechts een lege huls.

All there is in that hospital is an empty shell.

In het ziekenhuis ligt alleen een lege huls.

What we have is an empty shell with no answers.

We hebben een lege huls zonder antwoorden.

But I quite like being an empty shell.

Maar ik vind het leuk om een lege huls te zijn.

I am an empty shell on the beach without you.

Ik ben een lege schelp op het strand zonder jou.

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