[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eggshell \egg"shell`\, n.
   1. the shell or exterior covering of an egg. also used
      figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.
      1913 webster

   2. zo"ol. a smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the
      genus ovulum, resembling an egg in form.
      1913 webster
see also:
ovulum 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eggshell \egg"shell`\, a.
   1. of a pale, yellowish-white color; as, an eggshell ceiling
      and light green walls.
      1913 webster +pjc

   2. architecture having a smooth but not glossy texture like
      that of a hen's egg; as, a latex paint giving an eggshell
      finish. also referred to as matte glaze or non-lustrous
      glaze.
      pjc
see also:
matte glaze non-lustrous glaze 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eggshell
     n : the exterior covering of a bird's egg syn: shell
see also:
shell 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

68 moby thesaurus words for "eggshell":
   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, soft-hued,
   softened, somber, spawn, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, vitellus,
   white, whitish, whity, yellow, yolk

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