Oyster - English meaning

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

noun

A shade of greyish white.

Usage examples:

If you don't want to go beyond white, update your color with tone-on-tone neutrals like ecru, oyste…

noun

An oyster-shaped morsel of meat on each side of the backbone in poultry.

Usage examples:

Turn the chicken and cut from the tail to the head to remove the leg from the carcass and pop out t…

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

adjective

Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell

noun

A water creature that grows within a shell, some types of which can be eaten, and other types of which produce pearls (= small, round, white stones used in jewelry)