pearl
/pɝl/noun, verb1 syllable
Pearl means: a shade of white the color of bleached bones.
Synonyms for pearl6
What does pearl mean?4
noun
1
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
2
a shape that is spherical and small“he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops”
3
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
verb
1
gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with pearl?6
Pearl in a sentence
- She smiled, her little pearl-white teeth gleaming in the moonlight, as she spoke.Cangarejo
- Hoping to cheer up his wife, he bought her a pearl necklace.ET
- A jawbreaker is a round candy, multi-layered like a pearl.neron
- The oyster makes the pearl, the bee makes honey, man makes science.carlosalberto
- Who wants to find pearls, has to dive deep.al_ex_an_der
- The oyster creates pearls, the bee creates honey, and humans create problems.carlosalberto
- Find the twin who stole the pearl necklace.CM
- Good care should be taken of the pearl.unknown
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Forms of pearl
as a noun
- plural
- pearls
as a verb
- past tense
- pearled
- present participle
- pearling
- third-person singular
- pearls
- past participle
- pearled