Antonyms for oyster

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : oi-ster

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔɪ stər

Definition of oyster

Origin : early 14c., from Old French oistre (Modern French huître), from Latin ostrea, plural or fem. of ostreum "oyster," from Greek ostreon, from PIE *ost- "bone" (see osseous). Related to Greek ostrakon "hard shell" and to osteon "bone."
Why then the world's mine Oyster, which I, with sword will open. [Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," II.ii.2]

As in gray : adj silver
As in gray/grey : adj muted silver in color
As in shellfish : noun invertebrate
As in strong point : noun forte
As in forte : noun person's strong point

Example sentences :

He has the constitution of a rhinoceros, the digestion of an ostrich, and the concentration of an oyster.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

One morning Gervaise surprised her emptying a basket of oyster shells there.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Strain in the milk, add the oyster liquor, stir, and cook well.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Strain in the milk and oyster liquor, and stir and cook well.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Otherwise they were canned as the Tricholoma and oyster mushroom.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

One of the best ways to cook an Oyster mushroom is to fry it as you fry an oyster.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Of these, oyster or marine shells, burnt shale, and slag are most common.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

Judge: We don't want to know what the oyster said or the turpentine either.
Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various

The chief offenses are against the fish and oyster laws of the state.
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

You can't make an oyster out of nothing, nor you can't do it in a day.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Synonyms for oyster

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