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Webster 1913 Edition

eggshell

egg′shellˊ

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Noun.

1.

The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

2.

(Zoöl.)

A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus

Ovulum

, resembling an egg in form.

Definition 2024

eggshell

eggshell

English

Noun

eggshell ‎(plural eggshells)

The shell around an egg.
A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.

eggshell colour:

Translations

object

Bulgarian: черупка (bg) f ‎(čerupka)
Catalan: closca f d'ou (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 蛋殼, 蛋壳 ‎(daan⁶⁻² hok³)

Mandarin: 蛋殼 (zh), 蛋壳 (zh) ‎(dànké, dànke)
Czech: skořápka (cs) f
Danish: æggeskal (da) c
Dutch: eierschaal (nl) f
Faroese: eggjakoppur m, eggjaskal n
Finnish: munankuori (fi)
French: coquille d'œuf f
German: Eierschale (de) f
Greek: αβγότσουφλο (el) n ‎(avgótsouflo)
Hungarian: tojáshéj (hu)

Icelandic: eggjaskurn f
Irish: blaosc uibhe f
Japanese: 卵の殻 ‎(たまごのから, tamago no kara), 卵殻 ‎(tamagogara, rankaku)
Khmer: សំបកពង ‎(sɑmbɑɑk pɔɔng)
Korean: 달걀 껍질 ‎(dalgyal kkeopjil), 난각 ‎(nan-gak), 계란 껍질 ‎(gyeran kkeopjil)
Latvian: olas čaumala f, čaumala f
Luxembourgish: Eeërschuel f
Maltese: qoxra tal-bajd
Polish: skorupka jajka f
Portuguese: casca de ovo f
Romanian: coajă de ou f
Russian: яи́чная скорлупа́ f ‎(jaíčnaja skorlupá)
Scottish Gaelic: plaosg-uighe m, slige f
Slovak: škrupina f
Spanish: cáscara (es) f de huevo (es) m
Swedish: äggskal (sv) n

colour

Icelandic: beingulur litur m, beingulur m

Adjective

eggshell ‎(comparative more eggshell, superlative most eggshell)

Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain.

Translations

of a pale yellowish-whitish colour

Icelandic: beingulur m

Derived terms

See also

Appendix:Colors