nacre
pronunciation
How to pronounce nacre in British English:
UK ['neɪkə]
How to pronounce nacre in American English:
US ['neɪkə]
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- Noun:
- the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
Word Origin
- nacre (n.)
- 1590s, "type of shellfish that yields mother-of-pearl," from Middle French nacre (14c.), from Italian naccaro (now nacchera), possibly from Arabic naqur "hunting horn" (from nakara "to hollow out"), in reference to the shape of the mollusk shell. Meaning "mother-of-pearl" is from 1718.
Example
- 1. Manganese and its electron paramagnetic resonance spectra in nacre of shells .
- 2. Our pearls have very think nacre and are of the highest quality .
- 3. Covered by her nacre tears , the grain of sand could not hurt her anymore : it had become smooth and harmless .
- 4. Fleshy craft undertook nacre of martens of enzymatic to gust enzymatic solution consider .
- 5. Extraction and purification of soluble matrix protein from the nacre of pearl oyster ( pinctadda fucata ) and their primary functions .