OYSTER


Meaning of OYSTER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

oyster bed

Oyster card

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

fresh

As this dish contains fresh oysters , eat it as soon as possible - remember, the oysters are not cooked.

There has long been a taboo on the eating of fresh oysters during the months May through August.

■ NOUN

bed

Indeed, a dispute over the oyster beds proceeded to the House of Lords in 1883.

There are few clearings in an elm forest and few vacancies on an oyster bed .

shell

That contained a sort of hinged plastic oyster shell , which opened to reveal a tiny rubber trampoline: the diaphragm.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

hot dog roast/oyster roast etc

the world is your oyster

After that, the world is your oyster, as they say.

The world is her oyster but she dreams of being a librarian.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

If we eat out my favourite meal is oysters and caviar followed by asparagus with melted butter.

Long tables with stainless-steel trays held mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, fried oysters and oyster stew.

Simmer oysters in oyster liquor until oyster edges curl.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.