Word: Oyster
Noun
Definitions:
1. Any of a number of bivalve mollusks with rough irregular shells. Several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.
Example sentences: "Loch Fyne is Scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the Loch Fyne Oysters company farms oysters and mussels for consumption in its own restaurants as well as in many others in Britain."
2. A shade of grayish white.
Example sentences: "If you don't want to go beyond white, update your color with tone-on-tone neutrals like ecru, oyster, almond or biscuit."
3. An oyster-shaped morsel of meat on each side of the backbone in poultry.
Example sentences: "Turn the chicken and cut from the tail to the head to remove the leg from the carcass and pop out the oyster."
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.
Example sentences: "As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun"
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Oyster in Other Languages...
Spanish: Ostra
German: Auster
French: Huître
Italian: Oyster
Turkish: Istiridye
