eggshell

From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle, equivalent to egg +‎ shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡʃɛl/

eggshell (plural eggshells)

1. The shell around an egg.
2. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.

   eggshell colour:  

• eggshellful

eggshell (comparative more eggshell, superlative most eggshell)

1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain.
3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.

   This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.

• eggshell blue
• walk on eggshells

• Appendix:Colors

• eggshell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia