Nacre

/ˈneɪkə/

Synonyms for "nacre" (49 found)

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Noun(2 words)
mother of pearlmother-of-pearl

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Noun(3 words)
nacreous materialpearl liningshell nacre

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aragonite plateletslamellar sheets

Collocations

6 entries
aragonite plateletslamellar structuremother of pearlnacre coatingnacre filmnacre layer

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Sample sentences

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The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish[…].

Source: wiktionary

On a little table of dark perfumed wood thickly encrusted with nacre, […]was lying a note from Lord Henry, and beside it was a book bound in yellow paper, the cover slightly torn and the edges soiled.

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