Found 4 hits - Term: egg-shell, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [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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