1.
[syn: shell, eggshell]
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["o]l.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the
genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.
[1913 Webster]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eggshell
n 1: the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: shell,
eggshell]
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