Eggshell

4 definitions found

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

  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["o]l.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the


        genus {Ovulum}, resembling an egg in form.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eggshell
       n : the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: {shell}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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