mother-of-pearl
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- noun
- /ˈmʌðər əv pɜrl/
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nacar
- She chose a lovely necklace with a mother-of-pearl pendant for her birthday gift.
- mother-of-pearl buttons
That's a soft pink versus the mother of Pearl that you have now.
- That's a soft pink versus the mother of Pearl that you have now.
Examples
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A single small mother-of-pearl button that had rolled under a clothes press and been forgotten.
Fiction book (1991) -
The new screwdrivers have mother-of-pearl handles and heads the exact width of an inspection-plate screw.
Fiction book (2000) -
In a slot of its own was a knife with a mother-of-pearl handle.
Fiction book (1993) -
Inside, the altar was decorated with coral, sea stars, and mother of pearl.
Fiction book (1998) -
Also, this is the biggest mother of Pearl spoon I've ever seen.
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One exception is a palm-sized heart carved from mother-of-pearl shell.
Academic text (2008) -
Seen from the right angle, the city was a sequence of seashells, glistening abalone, and mother-of-pearl.
Fiction book (1994) -
A heart carved from mother-of-pearl shell is the only artifact found at Iosepa that might have Polynesian origins.
Academic text (2008) -
He'd sold me, with some reluctance, a bracelet of mother-of-pearl adorned with Persian miniatures.
Blog text (14) -
The jewelry box was adorned with stunning mother-of-pearl inlays that shimmered in the light.
Synonyms
A hard, shiny inner layer of some shells that shows rainbow colours
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mother-of-pearl comes from the idea that the shell is the 'mother' that makes the pearl. That's why the name now means the shiny inside of some shells, with rainbow colours, which people use for jewelry and decoration.