meerschaum

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English - Turkish
lületaşı
lületaş
{i} eski şehir taşı
{i} lületaşı pipo
manyezit
denizköpüğü
eskişehirtaşı

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meerschaum pipe
lületaşı pipo
English - English
A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders
A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum
It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor
A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water
a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum a white clayey mineral
a white clayey mineral
A tobacco pipe made of this mineral
A light, white mineral found mainly in Turkey Its literal meaning is ‘sea foam’ which it resembles in its natural state After long and careful smoking, Meerschaum pipes colour to a rich, golden brown
(2 syl , German, sea-froth ) This mineral, from having been found on the sea-shore in rounded white lumps, was ignorantly supposed to be sea-froth petrified; but it is a compound of silica, magnesia, lime, water, and carbonic acid When first dug it lathers like soap, and is used as a soap by the Tartars
a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc
Also called sepiolite
Fibrous hydrated magnesium silicate that is opaque and white, gray, or cream in colour. Also called sepiolite, meerschaum (German: "sea foam") is easily fashioned, and has been used in jewelry and for tobacco pipes. It is soft when first extracted, but it hardens on drying. Meerschaum is an alteration product of serpentine. The most important commercial deposit is the plain of Eski ehir, Tur., where it is found as irregular nodules in alluvial deposits; it also occurs in France, Greece, the Czech Republic, the U.S., and elsewhere
{i} sepiolite, hydrous magnesium silicate (Geology); tobacco pipe made from meerschaum
sepiolite
meerschaum

    Hyphenation

    meer·schaum

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'mir-sh&m, -"shom ] (noun.) 1784. From German Meerschaum (“sea foam”)
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