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单词 meerschaum
释义

meerschaum

noun

meer·​schaum ˈmir-shəm How to pronounce meerschaum (audio)
-ˌshȯm
1
: a fine light white clayey mineral that is a hydrous magnesium silicate found chiefly in Asia Minor and is used especially for tobacco pipes
2
: a tobacco pipe of meerschaum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Your Turkish meerschaum pipes are hand carved and made as vintage exports. Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020 The backpacks contained two unopened bottles of Barefoot Moscato wine and a wooden meerschaum pipe with marijuana residue. Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017 Like his literary descendant, Dupin smokes a meerschaum pipe and is generally eccentric. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017 Like his literary descendant, Dupin smokes a meerschaum pipe and is generally eccentric. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017 So why not throw on a deerstalker hat, light up a handy meerschaum pipe, and do our best impression of the great detective himself in order to get to the bottom of this case? Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017

Word History

Etymology

German, from Meer sea + Schaum foam

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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