Mother-of-pearl Synonyms

mŭthər-əv-pûrl
The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nacre

Words Related to Mother-of-pearl

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. cabochon
  2. bead
  3. tortoise-shell
  4. patinated
  5. inlay
  6. inlaid
  7. antique-gold
  8. gold-leaf
  9. filigree
  10. burnish
  11. irridescent

Mother-of-pearl Sentence Examples

  • On the coast turtle and mother-of-pearl fishing are carried on.

  • The only industry is the manufacture of olive-wood and mother-of-pearl goods for sale to pilgrims and for export.

  • The important exports are gums and resin, fibre, hides, ivory, ostrich feathers, coffee, ghee, livestock, gold ingots from Abyssinia and mother-of-pearl; the shells being found along the coast from Zaila to beyond Berbera.

  • The exports are chiefly coffee, hides, ivory (all from Abyssinia), gum, mother-of-pearl and a little gold; the imports cotton and other European stuffs, cereals, beverages, tobacco and arms and ammunition for the Abyssinians.

  • It is of wood inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl.

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