pearl
/pɜːl/
B1 · Intermediate★★★☆☆
Simple Meaning
a small, hard, white or light-colored ball that grows inside some sea animals and is used in jewelry.
When to Use
💬Daily Conversation📱Social Media
Intermediate — can handle common situations
Examples in Conversation
“She wore a beautiful pearl necklace to the wedding.”
“Those earrings look like real pearls.”
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.
Related Words
Synonyms:
gembeadjewel
Word Family:
pearlypearl necklacemother of pearl