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/ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs/ · noun
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal..
So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart.
This is all a massive failure of science to pierce the carapace of public ignorance.
Use carapace when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Carapace means A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal..
Common synonyms include shell.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart.
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