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oyster (1)

Etymology

Old English ostre, from Latin ostrea; reinforced or superceded in Middle English by Anglo-Norman oistre from Old French oistre, uistre (modern French huître), also from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular oyster

Plural oysters

oyster (plural oysters)

  1. Any marine bivalve mollusk of the Family Ostreidae, usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
  2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
  3. (color/colour) A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
    oyster colour:
  4. (slang) A person who keeps the secrets entrusted to him.

Adjective

oyster (comparative more oyster, superlative most oyster)

Positive oyster

Comparative more oyster

Superlative most oyster
  1. (color/colour) of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

Verb

Infinitive to oyster

Third person singular oysters

Simple past oystered

Past participle oystered

Present participle oystering

to oyster (third-person singular simple present oysters, present participle oystering, simple past and past participle oystered)

  1. (intransitive) To fish for oysters.

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