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Eggshell

//ˈɛɡʃɛl// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.

    "The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish."

  2. 2
    Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.

    "eggshell porcelain"

  3. 3
    Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.

    "This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes."

Noun
  1. 1
    The shell around an egg. countable, uncountable

    "Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes."

  2. 2
    the exterior covering of a bird's egg wordnet
  3. 3
    A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).

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