Explore Nacre through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like shell. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nacre meaning
- A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
- A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
Synonyms of Nacre
Using Nacre
- The main meaning on this page is: A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. | A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
- Useful related words include: mother-of-pearl, shell.
- In the example corpus, nacre often appears in combinations such as: of nacre.
Context around Nacre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nacre
- In this selection, "nacre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, performance, iridescent, mimetic, platelets and baroque stand out and add context to how "nacre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include composed of nacre platelets making and consisting of nacre tabular aragonite. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nacre" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nacre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When the transition to nacre secretion occurs, the brown pebble becomes covered with a nacreous coating. (16 words)
Imitation pearls are completely smooth, but natural and cultured pearls are composed of nacre platelets, making both feel slightly gritty. (20 words)
In the cultured pearl industry, the resources used to create a mistaken all nacre baroque pearl is a drain on the production of round cultured pearls. (26 words)
Typically, the build-up of a natural pearl consists of a brown central zone formed by columnar calcium carbonate (usually calcite, sometimes columnar aragonite) and a yellowish to white outer zone consisting of nacre (tabular aragonite). (36 words)
After a bead is inserted into the oyster, it secretes a few layers of nacre around the bead; the resulting cultured pearl can then be harvested in as few as six months. (32 words)
The work showed the advantage of the long-range lamellar structure and verified freeze-casting on a gradient surface to be an effective approach to form high-performance nacre-mimetic composites. (31 words)
Example sentences (7)
The work showed the advantage of the long-range lamellar structure and verified freeze-casting on a gradient surface to be an effective approach to form high-performance nacre-mimetic composites.
After a bead is inserted into the oyster, it secretes a few layers of nacre around the bead; the resulting cultured pearl can then be harvested in as few as six months.
Imitation pearls are completely smooth, but natural and cultured pearls are composed of nacre platelets, making both feel slightly gritty.
In the cultured pearl industry, the resources used to create a mistaken all nacre baroque pearl is a drain on the production of round cultured pearls.
The iridescent nacre that lines the inside of the shell varies in color from silvery white, to pink, red and green-red to deep blue, green to purple.
Typically, the build-up of a natural pearl consists of a brown central zone formed by columnar calcium carbonate (usually calcite, sometimes columnar aragonite) and a yellowish to white outer zone consisting of nacre (tabular aragonite).
When the transition to nacre secretion occurs, the brown pebble becomes covered with a nacreous coating.
Common combinations with nacre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of nacre 3×