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How to pronounce eggshell in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms shell
Type of cover, covering, natural covering

Examples of eggshell

eggshell
By twice sanding and painting with eggshell, Dodds achieved the required effect.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Viewed from the side, its occupants sit within a fragile eggshell of fibreglass.
From the economist.com
Stoker may be eggshell-thin, but it's a refined anomaly that's hard to dismiss.
From the independent.co.uk
Eggshell thinning precipitated catastrophic local extinctions of these species.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
Eggshell green walls are punctuated by white trim and colorful splashes of art.
From the courier-journal.com
Chlorinated hydrocarbons and eggshell changes in raptorial and fish-eating birds.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Use paint with an eggshell finish from Covered in Paint for an added soft lustre.
From the smh.com.au
In the day between ovulation and laying, egg white forms, followed by eggshell.
From the en.wikipedia.org
After the primer, two thin coats of an eggshell finish latex paint will work well.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • Shell: the exterior covering of a bird's egg
  • An eggshell is the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg and of some forms of eggs with soft outer coats.
  • The color eggshell is displayed at right.
  • (Eggshells (film)) Eggshells is an independent low budget film released in 1969. It is the first film by Tobe Hooper. It was written by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (writers of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre). It was produced by Tobe Hooper. It had a budget of $100,000. ...
  • The shell around an egg; A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell; Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell; Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain
  • (Eggshells) A skating technique where you keep all 8 wheels on the floor as you propel yourself forward (legs go wide, legs come in small) Great to practice and teach plow stops and to work on the strength for crossovers.
  • An oil or water based paint with a semi-gloss finish.
  • Gloss lying between semigloss and flat.
  • Use the term for the shell only: if the egg is included, enter EGG.