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Definition of meerschaum in English: meerschaumnoun ˈmɪəʃəmˈmɪəʃɔːm mass noun1A soft white claylike material consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, found chiefly in Turkey. - 1.1count noun A tobacco pipe with a bowl made from meerschaum.
Example sentencesExamples - The biggest surprise was Everett's Holmes: a compelling, brilliant, darkly original character, much closer to the original stories than to the deerstalkers and meerschaums and Basil Rathbone.
- Like Dupin, Dr. Bender smokes a meerschaum pipe, filled with cheap tobacco.
- You see him nursing a meerschaum pipe.
- The Honourable Sir Ralph Mountharten sharply rapped his meerschaum pipe against the surface of his mahogany writing desk.
- Well, donning my deerstalker and lighting my meerschaum I'd start at the bottom.
Synonyms tobacco pipe, briar, briar pipe, clay pipe
Origin Late 18th century: from German, literally 'sea foam', from Meer 'sea' + Schaum 'foam', translation of Persian kef-i-daryā (alluding to the frothy appearance of the silicate). Definition of meerschaum in US English: meerschaumnoun 1A soft white claylike material consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, found chiefly in Turkey. - 1.1 A tobacco pipe with a bowl made from meerschaum.
Example sentencesExamples - The Honourable Sir Ralph Mountharten sharply rapped his meerschaum pipe against the surface of his mahogany writing desk.
- The biggest surprise was Everett's Holmes: a compelling, brilliant, darkly original character, much closer to the original stories than to the deerstalkers and meerschaums and Basil Rathbone.
- Well, donning my deerstalker and lighting my meerschaum I'd start at the bottom.
- Like Dupin, Dr. Bender smokes a meerschaum pipe, filled with cheap tobacco.
- You see him nursing a meerschaum pipe.
Synonyms tobacco pipe, briar, briar pipe, clay pipe
Origin Late 18th century: from German, literally ‘sea foam’, from Meer ‘sea’ + Schaum ‘foam’, translation of Persian kef-i-daryā (alluding to the frothy appearance of the silicate). |