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Word entry · 8 letters

eggshell

Best crossword clue

"Off-white shade"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛɡʃɛl/Part of speech nounSorted eegghllsStarts with EEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Pale off-white color.

Word origin

From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).

Used in a sentence

  • Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes.
  • The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish.
  • eggshell porcelain

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