oyster

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Verb 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 Quotations 1.8 See also 1.9 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Old English ostre, from Latin ostrea; reinforced or superceded in Middle English by Anglo-Norman oistre from Old French oistre, uistre (modern French huître), also from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔɪ.stə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"OI.st@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(r)

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[edit] Noun

oyster (plural oysters)

1. Any marine bivalve mollusk of the Family Ostreidae, usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
3. (color/colour) A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

   oyster colour:

4. (slang) A person who keeps the secrets entrusted to him.

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oyster (comparative more oyster, superlative most oyster)

1. (color/colour) of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

[edit] Verb

to oyster (third-person singular simple present oysters, present participle oystering, simple past and past participle oystered)

1. (intransitive) To fish for oysters.

[edit] Derived terms

oyster bed oyster crab oyster cracker oyster farm oyster mushroom oyster pink

oyster plant oyster sauce oyster shell scale oyster white oystercatcher oysterman

oysters rockefeller pearl oyster prairie oyster seed oyster the world is one’s oyster vegetable oyster

[edit] Quotations

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• 1597-8:The world is one's oyster (originally: "Why, then the world 's mine oyster") — Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor - Act II, Scene II

[edit] See also

astragalus bluepoint carpetbag steak

lungwort pearl salsify

spat Appendix:Colours

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eorsty
• storey
• Troyes