Definitions for mother-of-pearl

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mother-of-pearl moth·er-of-pearl

Spelling: [muhth -er-uh v-purl]

IPA: /ˈmʌð ər əvˈpɜrl/

Mother-Of-Pearl is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 1228 anagrams from letters in mother-of-pearl (--aeefhlmooprrt).

Definitions for mother-of-pearl

noun

1. a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.

adjective

1. of or having the qualities of mother-of-pearl, as being iridescent or pearly:

Origin of mother-of-pearl

1500-10; compare Italian madreperla, obsolete French mère perle

Examples for mother-of-pearl

There was a great, full moon; and the sea was mother-of-pearl.

We saw a number of divers preparing to go off to get pearls, mother-of-pearl, etc.

Your floors are of rough, ugly rocks, ours are of mother-of-pearl.

Once he crossed his eyes at me, meditatively, above the mother-of-pearl rims.

The mother-of-pearl which lines some shells, both univalve and bivalve.

Harpoons, made of cane, were used to catch fish, and fish-hooks of mother-of-pearl.

To his experienced eye the glow was that of mother-of-pearl.

Without, it had the tints of the mother-of-pearl, while its framework was of silver.

One moment he lay there, glowing like mother-of-pearl, a rare fish, fresh from the sea.

The slant rays of the sun struck them and turned them mother-of-pearl.