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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈneɪkə/Part of speech nounSorted acenrStarts with NEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara, nagada, and naqareh. Also present in nacarat.

Used in a sentence

  • The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish[…].
  • On a little table of dark perfumed wood thickly encrusted with nacre, […]was lying a note from Lord Henry, and beside it was a book bound in yellow paper, the cover slightly torn and the edges soiled.

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