Definizione monolingua

oyster

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

1. (intransitive) To fish for 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. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

   oyster colour:

4. (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets and private information to him- or herself.

oyster (comparative more oyster, superlative most oyster)

1. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

Definizione dizionario oyster

	ostrica
	mollusk

cozza

mitilo

ostreidae

Altri significati:

food

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.

oyster colour:

A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

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.

(intransitive) To fish for oysters.

Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

(colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets and private information to him- or herself.