Associations to the word «Eggshell»
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Wiktionary
EGGSHELL, noun. The shell around an egg.
EGGSHELL, noun. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.
EGGSHELL, adjective. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
EGGSHELL, adjective. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain.
EGGSHELL BLUE, noun. A delicate pale blue colour.
EGGSHELL BLUE, noun. Robin's-egg blue.
EGGSHELL BLUE, adjective. Of a delicate pale blue colour.
Dictionary definition
EGGSHELL, noun. The exterior covering of a bird's egg.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.