eggshell

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: egg=shell

CIDE DICTIONARY

eggshell, n. 

•  The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.  [1913 Webster]
•  A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.  [1913 Webster]

eggshell, a. 

•  of a pale, yellowish-white color; as, an eggshell ceiling and light green walls.  [1913 Webster]
•  having a smooth but not glossy texture like that of a hen's egg; as, a latex paint giving an eggshell finish. Also referred to as matte glaze or non-lustrous glaze.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eggshell, n. & adj.
--n.
1 the shell of an egg.
2 anything very fragile.
--adj.
1 (of china) thin and fragile.
2 (of paint) with a slight gloss finish.

THESAURUS

eggshell

alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, albumen, bubble, caviar, china, cream, creamy, delicate, dun-white, egg, egg white, fair, fish eggs, flat, glair, glass, glass house, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, gray-white, house of cards, ice, iridescent, ivory, ivory-white, light, lint-white, matchwood, mellow, mother-of-pearl, nacreous, off-white, old paper, opalescent, ovule, pale, parchment, pastel, patinaed, pearl, pearly, pearly-white, piecrust, quiet, roe, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, spawn, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, vitellus, white, whitish, whity, yellow, yolk

ROGET THESAURUS

eggshell

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.