sand dollar flower lying on the beach

>For other uses, see Beach (disambiguation). A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. See more at Wikipedia.org...

>For other uses, see Sand (disambiguation). Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock, comprising particles or granules ranging in size from 1⁄16 to 2 millimeters. An individual particle in this range size is termed a sand grain. The next smaller size class in geology is silt: particles below 1⁄16 mm down to 1⁄256 mm (0.004 mm) in size. The next larger size class above sand is gravel, with particles ranging up to 64 mm (see grain size for standards in use). See more at Wikipedia.org...

s commonly known as shell include:An animal shell, the hard, rigid outer covering of an animal such as a mollusk or a turtle. The hard outer layer of some plant fruiting bodies such as nuts.A type of user interface in computer software, often an operating system shell, such as a Unix shell command line interpreter in the Unix operating system or the DOS Shell in MS-DOS. See shell (computing).An electron shell (energy level), consisting of a number of electrons in an orbital around an atomic nucleusThe short name (and Brand) of the Royal Dutch Shell energy multinational, and its US subsidiary Shell Oil CompanyA projectile with explosive charge, shot from a gun; typically shells are larger than bullets and shot from larger guns. See shell (projectile).In physics, see On shell and off shellA structural form, usually made of concrete, that principally derives its strength by virtue of its shape. The term is derived from the primary usage in the context of nature. For example, the shell of an egg, though very thin, is difficult to break because of its shape.A long, narrow, rowed watercraft. See racing shell.A sorting algorithm invented by Donald L. Shell. See shell sort. See more at Wikipedia.org...