Meaning

7 senses
  1. Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.

    Auster, Auster

    у́стрицаústrica, у́стрицаústrica

    у́стрицяústrycja

  2. The delicate oyster-shaped 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.

    Pfaffenschnittchen, Pfaffenstückchen

    a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl

  3. Any of the fungi in the genera Pleurotus, Hohenbuehelia, or other related genera.

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

  5. (colloquial)A person who keeps secrets.

    за́мкнутый челове́кzámknutyj čelovék

  6. (figuratively)Something at one's disposal.

  7. (UK, slang)A shoplifter.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Can you eat raw oysters?

    Можна їсти сирі устриці?

    ruВы можете есть сырых устриц?

    deKannst du rohe Austern essen?

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  2. I regret eating those oysters.

    Я жалкую, що з'їв ті устриці.

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  3. Oysters don't agree with me.

    Мені стає погано від устриць.

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  4. I think he ate about 10 oysters.

    ruДумаю, он съел около десяти устриц.

    deIch glaube, er aß um die zehn Austern.

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  5. Tom never should've eaten those oysters.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel:
Русский
By meaning 2
mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel:
person who keeps secrets:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel:
meat from poultry:

Origin

From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norm

From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”).

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