Meaning of EGGSHELL
| Pronunciation: | | 'eg`shel
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| | Definition: | | [n] the exterior covering of a bird's egg |
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| | Synonyms: | | shell |
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| | See Also: | | cover, covering, egg, eggs, natural covering | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Egg"shell`\, n.
1. The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used
figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the
genus {Ovulum}, resembling an egg in form.
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| | Related Terms: | | alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, albumen, bubble, caviar, china, cream, creamy, delicate, dun-white, egg, egg white, fair, fish eggs, flat, glair, glass, glass house, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, gray-white, house of cards, ice, iridescent, ivory, ivory-white, light, lint-white, matchwood, mellow, mother-of-pearl, nacreous, off-white, old paper, opalescent, ovule, pale, parchment, pastel, patinaed, pearl, pearly, pearly-white, piecrust, quiet, roe, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, softened, soft-hued, somber, spawn, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, vitellus, white, whitish, whity, yellow, yolk |
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