oyster
(ɔɪstəʳ )
Word forms: oysters
1. countable noun
An oyster is a large flat shellfish. Some oysters can be eaten and others produce valuable objects called pearls.
He had two dozen oysters and enjoyed every one of them.
2. the world is your oyster phrase
If you say that the world is someone's oyster, you mean that they can do anything or go anywhere that they want to.
You're young, you've got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster.
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Idioms:
the world is your oyster
said to mean that someone has the opportunity to achieve great success in their life
You've got a wonderful watershed in your life, Johnny. You're young, you've got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster.
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Collocations:
oyster reef
The station recently worked with an environmental group to plant a nearly mile-long oyster reef offshore from its pier.
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Oyster reef restoration projects have faced political opposition in the past.
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This may include kelp forest, seagrass, mangroves, tidal flat, mudflat, wetland, salt marsh and oyster reef.
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A large number of oysters often join together, thus forming an oyster reef (also referred to as oyster bed, oyster mat).
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Storm waves can also scrub corals clean of choking algal overgrowth or uncover buried oyster reefs.
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Translations:
Chinese: 蚝
Japanese: 牡蠣
- uncritically
- unctuous
- uncultivated
- uncultivated land
- uncultured
- uncut
- uncut diamond
- uncut grass
- undamaged
- undate a wardrobe
- undated
- undaunted
- undecided
- undecided voter
- undefeated
- undefeated champion
- undefeated season
- undelivered mail
- undemanding
- undemocratic
- undemonstrative
- undeniable
- undeniable charm
- undeniable fact
- undeniable power