TORTOISESHELL

Meaning of TORTOISESHELL in English

tortoiseshell BrE AmE ˈtɔːt əs ʃel ⇨-əʃ-, -ə- AmE \ ˈtɔːrt̬-

Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary. Английский словарь произношений Longman. 2012

TORTOISESHELL — I. noun Date: 1632 the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TORTOISESHELL — I. ˈtȯ(r)d.]əˌshel, -)t], ]əs(h)ˌshel\ noun 1. : a substance that forms the horny plates covering the shell of some turtles …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — /tawr"teuhs shel'/ , n. Also, tortoise shell . 1. a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — I. ˈtȯr-tə-ˌshel, -əsh-ˌshel noun Date: 1632 1. : the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — ■ noun 1》 the semi-transparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewellery or ornaments. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — [tor.toise.shell] n (1632) 1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles (as the hawksbill turtle) used in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — ornamental material obtained from the curved horny shields forming the shell of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). The marbled, varicoloured …
Britannica English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — / ˈtɔːtəsʃel; ˈtɔːtəʃel; NAmE ˈtɔːrt-/ noun 1. [ U ] the hard shell of a turtle , especially the type …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — tor ‧ toise ‧ shell /ˈtɔːtəsʃel, ˈtɔːtəʃel $ ˈtɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable] a hard shiny brown and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TORTOISESHELL — n. & adj. --n. 1 the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TORTOISESHELL — n. & adj. n. 1 the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — n. & adj. --n. 1. the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, …
Oxford English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — ( tortoiseshells) 1. Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — (~s) 1. Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TORTOISESHELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN cat ▪ A visible example of X chromosome inactivation is the tortoiseshell cat . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — [noun] [U] - the hard shell of a turtle which is yellow, orange and brown and which is used to …
Cambridge English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TORTOISESHELL — noun Tortoiseshell is used before these nouns: ↑ cat
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — панцирь черепахи черепаха (материал) - * comb черепаховый гребень - spectacles with * frames очки в черепаховой оправе пестрая кошка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISESHELL — n 1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха ( материал ) tortoiseshell comb tray - черепаховый гребень поднос spectacles with tortoiseshell frames …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TORTOISESHELL — (n) панцирь черепахи; пестрая кошка; черепаха
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — n 1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха ( материал ) ~ comb [tray] - черепаховый гребень [поднос] spectacles with ~ frames …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TORTOISESHELL — n 1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха ( материал ) tortoiseshell comb tray - черепаховый гребень поднос spectacles with tortoiseshell frames …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISESHELL — энт. ванесса (Vanessa) - large tortoiseshell - lesser tortoiseshell - mountain tortoiseshell - small tortoiseshell
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TORTOISESHELL — энт. ванесса ( Vanessa ) - large tortoiseshell - lesser tortoiseshell - mountain tortoiseshell - small tortoiseshell
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TORTOISESHELL — панцирь черепахи черепаха (материал) - * comb черепаховый гребень - spectacles with * frames очки в черепаховой оправе пестрая кошка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISESHELL — n. Function: adjective Date: 1651 1 : made of or resembling tortoiseshell especially in mottled brown and yellow coloring < …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — n. Pronunciation: ' to ̇ r-t ə - ˌ shel, - ə sh- ˌ shel Function: noun Date: 1632 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL WARE — earthenware with variegated, surface colour made in Staffordshire, England, in the 18th century. It was a subdivision of the clouded …
Britannica English vocabulary
LESSER TORTOISESHELL — - mountain tortoiseshell, - small tortoiseshell крапивница (Vanessa urticae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LESSER TORTOISESHELL — = mountain tortoiseshell, = small tortoiseshell крапивница ( Vanessa urticae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PIQU WORK — decorative technique, usually employed on tortoiseshell, in which inlaid designs are created by means of small gold or silver pins. …
Britannica English vocabulary

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