oyster
noun
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
oysters
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pluralof oyster.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof oyster (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
oysternounany of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
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At Glidden, the first stop on my trip, the oysters had the umami tang of chicken soup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The house oysters, Blackstone Points, had a seaweed whiff and creamy aftertaste; heftier Pleasant Cove Oysters were the briniest of the 11 types I had on my trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“The oysters have a robust flavor,” she said, because the bivalves are storing fat and sugar for winter, resulting in crowd-pleasing meat-to-shell ratios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
When McKeen’s company started farming oysters in 1986, most chefs thought the shellfish came in a can, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
There was half of a cold broiled lobster, five stone-cold fried oysters, an inch jar of caviar and a wedge of Roquefort cheese.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
