OYSTER


Meaning of OYSTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔɪstə(r) ]

( oysters)

1.

An oyster is a large flat shellfish. Some oysters can be eaten and others produce valuable objects called pearls.

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that the world is someone’s oyster , you mean that they can do anything or go anywhere that they want to.

You’re young, you’ve got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster.

PHRASE : V inflects

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