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eggshells

eggshells is the plural of eggshell.

Meaning of eggshell

Noun

eggshell (countable and uncountable, plural eggshells)

  1. The shell around an egg.
    • Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.

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Phrases with eggshells

Questions about eggshells

What is eggshells the plural of?
Eggshells is the plural of eggshell.

Words near eggshells in the dictionary

  1. eggshell blues
  2. eggshell rule
  3. eggshell rules
  4. eggshellful
  5. eggshellfuls
  6. eggshells
  7. eggshellsful
  8. eggsperience
  9. eggsperiences
  10. eggspoon
  11. eggspoonful

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