oyster

[US]/'ɒɪstə/
[UK]/'ɔɪstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. oyster; a person who is reticent or taciturn

vi. to gather oysters; to cultivate oysters

Phrases & Collocations

oyster bar

raw oysters

oyster sauce

oyster mushroom

oyster shell

pearl oyster

oyster oil

Example Sentences

a trout farm; an oyster farm.

a clam bed; an oyster bed.

I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.

he swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet.

Have you ever heard of oyster-shucking?

The song of the oyster, though not silenced, was diminuendo con amore.

She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon.

We don’t have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good.

I’ll ask the fishmonger if he can order three dozen oysters for me.

What do you mean, you don’t know what to do with your life? The world is your oyster!

Set in its windows, like pearls in an oyster, are an elegant Attic red figure krater attributed to a 5th-century BC painter, an Etruscan pouring vessel and an array of vases.

Definition: Oyster Shell is the shell of Ostrea gigas Thunberg, Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse or Ostrea rivularis Gould (Fam.Osteridae).

Real-world Examples

The world is my oyster. I got it.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 5

He swam down and down and picked up the oyster.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 4)

What happened to the world being your oyster?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

They restored more than 300,000 oysters there.

Source: VOA Special English: World

But the world is your oyster when you are educated.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

I would like the baked oysters and the seafood platter.

Source: EnglishPod 271-365

When he was diving he saw a very large oyster.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 4)

One, a rattlesnake hot dog, and then Rocky Mountain oysters.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Gourmet Food

Compared to women born in other dynasties, the world is your oyster.

Source: If national treasures could speak.

Now that I have my vision back, the world is my oyster.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

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