pearl

Found in thesaurus: gem, jewel, precious stone, whiteness, white, sphere, garner, pull together, gather, collect

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pearl

n. white shiny bead commonly used for jewelry; beloved person

v. search for pearls, dive for pearls; extract pearls

adj. of or pertaining to pearl; resembling pearl; made of pearls; decorated with pearls; that is of medium-sized grain

Pearl

n. female first name

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Pearl

A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusc. Just like the shell of a clam, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes (baroque pearls) occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable.

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Pearl (disambiguation)

A pearl is a hard object produced by mollusks.

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pearl

Noun
1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
(hypernym) jewel, gem, precious stone
(hyponym) seed pearl
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
(synonym) bone, ivory, off-white
(hypernym) white, whiteness
3. a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
(synonym) drop, bead
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) teardrop

Verb
1. gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
(hypernym) gather, garner, collect, pull together

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Pearl

n. Pearl Harbor, harbor in Hawaii

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pearl

n. perla