1
: the hard exterior covering of an egg
2
: something resembling an eggshell especially in fragility
1
: thin and fragile
2
: slightly glossy
3
: yellowish white
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Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
When discovered in isolation, eggs and eggshells can be tricky to link to a particular species.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
His thoughts are contained within four eggshell-white walls, the only connection to the outside world a window above his desk.
—Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
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Noun
Some people use olive oil, mayonnaise or hair conditioner sprinkled with baking soda to smother or stall live crawling lice, then repeatedly comb with a fine-toothed comb to remove both live lice and unhatched eggs that have attached to hairs, as well as the empty eggshells.
—Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
When discovered in isolation, eggs and eggshells can be tricky to link to a particular species.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Adjective
The recipe and the list of ingredients to make eggshell water are quite simple:
Boil a gallon of water.
—Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
His thoughts are contained within four eggshell-white walls, the only connection to the outside world a window above his desk.
—Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
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eggshell
1 of 2 noun
egg·shell
-ˌshel 
: the shell of an egg
eggshell
2 of 2 adjective1
: being thin and fragile
eggshell china
2
: slightly glossy
Medical Definition
eggshell
noun
egg·shell
ˈeg-ˌshel, ˈāg-
: the hard exterior covering of an egg
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