English to afrikaans meaning of

oyster

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "oester" is 'n tipe tweekleppige weekdier wat 'n growwe onreëlmatige dop met twee skarnierdele het, wat tipies óf rou óf gaar geëet word. Oesters word in beide varswater- en soutwateromgewings aangetref en word dikwels as 'n lekkerny beskou. Die woord "oester" kan ook gebruik word om na die dop van hierdie weekdier te verwys, of na enigiets wat lyk soos die vorm of tekstuur van 'n oesterdop. Daarbenewens kan die term "oester" metafories gebruik word om 'n persoon of ding te beskryf wat besonder taai of veerkragtig is.

Sentence Examples

  1. Oyster plants poke out from underneath, a brown and blue bouquet.
  2. The ground floor of the hotel was occupied by a large bar, a sort of restaurant freely open to all passers-by, who might partake of dried beef, oyster soup, biscuits, and cheese, without taking out their purses.
  3. We met at the Union Oyster House on a dreary afternoon.
  4. Then they began to pass around the dusky, piquant, Arlesian sausages, and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses, prawns of large size and brilliant color, the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within, the clovis, esteemed by the epicures of the South as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster, North.
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