eggshell
the shell of a bird's egg, consisting of keratin fibers and calcite crystals.
a pale yellowish-white color.
rather bulky paper having a slightly rough finish.
like an eggshell, as in thinness and delicacy; very brittle; fragile.
being pale yellowish-white in color.
having little or no gloss: eggshell white paint.
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How to use eggshell in a sentence
The inside of eggshells can be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, which causes a potentially serious foodborne illness.
How to separate eggs without the stress or mess | Becky Krystal | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThough you’re not supposed to include food waste like apple cores and eggshells in there.
Environment Report: Local Farms Want Your Table Scraps | MacKenzie Elmer | January 25, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoAmong other aspects, the court considered the wording too vague — had the eggshell read “To Mag, everything I possess,” the outcome might have been different.
The FoodCycler can hold a substantial amount of food, even crush chicken bones and eggshells, and dramatically cut down the volume of your food waste.
These pieces of kitchen gear make excellent gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | October 6, 2020 | Popular-ScienceNor did they know why tiny structures within eggshells are so different across the three main types of dinosaurs.
Early dinosaurs may have laid soft-shelled eggs | Jack J. Lee | August 3, 2020 | Science News For Students
Is not my anger terrible as I dash your argosy, your thunder-bearing frigate, into fragments, as you would crack an eggshell?
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.This water is so holy that everything placed in the spring becomes as white as the film, within an eggshell.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonApparently the safety-bolt was missing from all of them, making them when loaded as brittle as an eggshell.
South African Memories | Lady Sarah WilsonShe paused a moment, lifting one of the silver spoons to break the end of her eggshell.
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days | Carolyn Sherwin BaileyThis is very different to the hard, calcareous eggshell of birds.
The Life of an Insect | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for eggshell
/ (ˈɛɡˌʃɛl) /
the hard porous protective outer layer of a bird's egg, consisting of calcite and protein
a yellowish-white colour
a type of paper with a slightly rough finish
(modifier) (of paint) having a very slight sheen: an eggshell finish
walk on eggshells to be very cautious or diplomatic for fear of upsetting someone
of a yellowish-white colour: eggshell paint
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