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mother of pearl. An iridescent substance that naturally appears in certain mollusk shells. It is often used as a decorative material for items like buttons and jewelry. The mother of pearl earrings you gave me for my birthday are so beautiful!
19 kwi 2024 · Mother-of-pearl. Meaning: A beautiful or iridescent substance. Example: The box was lined with mother-of-pearl. Diving for pearls. Meaning: Searching for something valuable. Example: He’s always diving for pearls in junk. To own a pearl. Meaning: To have something precious. Example: She finally owns a pearl of her own. Pearl diving.
27 wrz 2024 · mother - of - pearl (countable and uncountable, plural mother-of-pearls) The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre. A butterfly of the genus Salamis.
Znajdź wszystkie tłumaczenia słowa mother-of-pearl w polsko, takie jak macica i wiele innych.
28 wrz 2024 · Presumably a euphemism for sweet mother of God or sweet mother of Jesus, using mother-of-pearl.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word mother-of-pearl, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mother-of-pearl has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. shells and shellfish (mid 1500s) insects (1850s) See meaning & use.
27 lut 2019 · mother-of-pearl. (n.) "nacreous inner layer of the shell of various bivalve mollusks," c. 1500, translating Medieval Latin mater perlarum, with the first element perhaps connected in popular imagination with obsolete mother (n.2) "dregs."
