pearl
/pɜːl/
B1 · Intermediate★★★☆☆
Simple Meaning
una bola pequeña, dura, blanca o de color claro que crece dentro de algunos animales marinos y se usa en joyería.
When to Use
💬Daily Conversation📱Social Media
Intermediate — can handle common situations
Examples in Conversation
“Ella llevaba un hermoso collar de perlas a la boda.”
“Esos aretes parecen perlas reales.”
Learning Path
▶Full Definition
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.