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oystershell

oystershell noun: the shell of an oyster.

Noun

oystershell (plural oystershells)

  1. The shell of an oyster.
    • The very poor will sometimes adorn the graves of those they love with oystershells, or flintstones, or small plaster busts, or tiles […]1858, Ecclesiological Society, The Ecclesiologist

oystershell meaning in Tamil

oystershell in Tamil

சிப்பி, சுத்தி

Forms of oystershell

pluraloystershells

Origin of oystershell

From oyster + shell.

Questions about oystershell

What does oystershell mean?
Oystershell means the shell of an oyster.
What is oystershell in Tamil?
Oystershell in Tamil is சிப்பி, சுத்தி. See Oystershell meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oystershell?
Oystershell is a noun.
What is the plural of oystershell?
The plural of oystershell is oystershells.

Words near oystershell in the dictionary

  1. oysterplant
  2. oysterplants
  3. oysters
  4. oysters Kilpatrick
  5. oysters Rockefeller
  6. oystershell
  7. oystershells
  8. oysterwoman
  9. oysterwomen
  10. oysterwood
  11. oystery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oystershell (page history and authors); oystershell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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