Meaning

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

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Can you eat raw oysters?

    Можна їсти сирі устриці? — deniko

    ruВы можете есть сырых устриц? — Balamax

    deKannst du rohe Austern essen? — Zaghawa

  2. I regret eating those oysters.

    Я жалкую, що з'їв ті устриці. — ChickenKiev

  3. Oysters don't agree with me.

    Мені стає погано від устриць. — Ahha

  4. I think he ate about 10 oysters.

    ruДумаю, он съел около десяти устриц. — marafon

    deIch glaube, er aß um die zehn Austern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom never should've eaten those oysters.

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From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norm

From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from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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Forms

more oyster, most oyster
Comparativemore oyster Lesson
Superlativemost oyster Lesson

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oyster — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto