Eggshell

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The thin, brittle, exterior covering of the egg of a bird or reptile.
  • n. A pale yellow to yellowish white.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The shell around an egg.
  • n. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.
  • adj. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
  • adj. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.
  • n. A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.
  • adj. of a pale, yellowish-white color.
  • adj. having a smooth but not glossy texture like that of a hen's egg. Also referred to as matte glaze or non-lustrous glaze.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The shell or outside covering of an egg: chiefly said of the hard, brittle, calcareous covering of birds' eggs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the exterior covering of a bird's egg
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cover    covering    natural covering   
    Cross Reference
    egg-shell china    Colours   
    Variant
    matte glaze    non-lustrous glaze   
    Same Context
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