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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MEERSCHAUM

German, literally: sea foam.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MEERSCHAUM

meerschaum  [ˈmɪəʃəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEERSCHAUM

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adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meerschaum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEERSCHAUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Meerschaum

Meerschaum, also known as sepiolite, is a soft white mineral, often used to make smoking pipes. It is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and rather suggestive of sea-foam, hence the German origin of the name as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer.

Definition of meerschaum in the English dictionary

The definition of meerschaum in the dictionary is Also called: sepiolite. a white, yellowish, or pink compact earthy mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate: used to make tobacco pipes and as a building stone. Formula: Mg2Si3O64. Other definition of meerschaum is a tobacco pipe having a bowl made of this mineral.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEERSCHAUM


acaridomatium
ˌækəˌrɪdəʊˈmeɪʃəm
acarodomatium
ˌækəˌrəʊdəʊˈmeɪʃəm
Beecham
ˈbiːtʃəm
Evesham
ˈiːvʃəm
Gresham
ˈɡrɛʃəm
Grisham
ˈɡrɪʃəm
Heysham
ˈhiːʃəm
Lewisham
ˈluːɪʃəm
Mitchum
ˈmɪtʃəm
nasturtium
nəˈstɜːʃəm
pashm
ˈpæʃəm
petersham
ˈpiːtəʃəm
Qeshm
ˈkɛʃəm
Qishm
ˈkɪʃəm
sachem
ˈseɪtʃəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEERSCHAUM

mee
Meech Lake Accord
meed
meek
meeken
meekly
meekness
meemie
meerkat
Meerut
meet
meet and greet
meet halfway
meet someone on his own ground
meet-and-greet
meeter
meeting
meeting house
meeting place
meetly

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEERSCHAUM

album
at a premium
Baum
Belgaum
Belgium
Capernaum
cum
datum
dwaum
forum
gaum
glaum
hum
imaum
Lebensraum
maximum
medium
minimum
museum
petroleum

Synonyms and antonyms of meerschaum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «meerschaum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEERSCHAUM

Find out the translation of meerschaum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meerschaum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meerschaum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海泡石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espuma de mar
570 millions of speakers

English

meerschaum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

meerschaum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زبد البحر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

морской пенки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a espuma do mar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তামাকের পাইপবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écume de mer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meerschaum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meerschaum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

海泡石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투어멀린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meerschaum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá bọt biển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மியஷோம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिकणमाती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lületaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sepiolite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pianki morskiej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

морської пінки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spumă de mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σήπιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schuim
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjöskum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meerschaum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meerschaum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEERSCHAUM»

The term «meerschaum» is normally little used and occupies the 114.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEERSCHAUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «meerschaum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «meerschaum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meerschaum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEERSCHAUM»

Discover the use of meerschaum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meerschaum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes: Miniature to Majestic ...
No wonder pipe collectors are passionate about these exceptional works of art!
Benjamin Rapaport, 1999
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Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes ...
Class XXIX. j MEERSCHAUM; PROCESSES FOR PREPARING. MUf> are variable, and thus silicates of iron and alumina are often found in combination with it. These affect the colour of the Meerschaum, which when pure is quite white .
Great Britain. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, 1852
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Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great ...
667 Beisiegel, Phillip, Vienna — Manufacturer. Fancy turnery : Agriot cherry tubes and sticks. Tobacco-pipes and cigar-holders of meerschaum, amber, mother-of-pearl, and horn. Tobacco-pipe bowls of meerschaum, silver mounted and ...
‎1851
4
Official descriptive and illustrated Catalogue of the great ...
Tobacco-pipes and cigar-holders of meerschaum, amber, mother-of-pearl, and horn. Tobacco-pipe bowls of meerschaum, silver mounted and carved. [In the department of turnery and carving in wood, bone, pearl, meerschaum, amber, ivory, ...
‎1851
5
Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue
667 BEISIEGEL, PHILLIP, Ema—Manufacturer. - Fancy turnery: Agriot-cherry tubes and sticks. Tobacco-pipes and cigar-holders of meerschaum, amber, mother-of-pearl, and horn. Tobacco-pipe bowls of meerschaum, silver mounted and ...
‎1851
6
An Old Meerschaum
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / General;
David Christie Murray, 2010
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A paper:--of tobacco: treating of the rise, progress, ...
The bowl of a meerschaum pipe when heated becomes so soft that it can be easily penetrated with a pin. The excellence of a new meerschaum consists in its capability of colouring well, for out of ten not more than one, when smoked, ...
William Andrew Chatto, 1839
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The Annals of Philosophy
Having freed it from its air, I introduced it first into ammoniacal gas, and ascertained how much of this gas it absorbed. This experiment 1 repeated with the same piece of meerschaum for each of the other gases, first putting it into the fire, then ...
‎1815
9
The Annals of Philosophy
Having freed it from its air, I introduced it first into ammoniacal gas, and ascertained how much of this gas it absorbed. This experiment I repeated with the same piece of meerschaum for each of the other gases, first putting it into the fire, then ...
Thomas Thomson, Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley, 1815
10
Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of ...
Wood, amber, and meerschaum cigar-holders, and tobacco-pipe tubes. Assortment of meerschaum tobacco-pipe bowls. Chess-board of ivory with figures. 67X Friedrich, J. Vienna, Manu. — Cigar mouth-pieces of meerschaum and amber, with ...
Cambridge University Press, Anonymous, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEERSCHAUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meerschaum is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Mr. Holmes' movie review: Ian McKellen shines in portrait of the …
No deerstalker hat here, no Meerschaum pipe. He doesn't even live at 221-B Baker Street any more. (In fact, he never did, as he confides in ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
2
5 generals with some of the weirdest habits in military history
A long-time cigarette smoker, MacArthur provided the Missouri Meerschaum Company with precise specifications for the deep-bowled, ... «We Are The Mighty, Jul 15»
3
Not quite what he expected
Now, getting out my meerschaum and deerstalker, who could it be who comes on here and likes to wind people up I wonder... - Post No. 76736 ... «Online Gooner, Jul 15»
4
Can the Man Behind Sherlock and Doctor Who Be Saved from …
The Gallifreyan T.A.R.D.I.S., the villainous Daleks, and the deerstalkers and meerschaum pipes of Baker Street are woven so deeply into the ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
5
'Every minute I'm alive is a loan': TWA bombing survivor and author …
Chaffee, who was on a business trip to buy Greek meerschaum jewelry, was in seat 8A. The bomb that exploded had been placed under the ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
6
Most popular Turkish souvenirs
Some other possibilities are a T Meerschaum Pipe, which is a milk-white stone carved into a decorative and elaborately detailed pipe. A special ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
7
Father's Day brings gifts and memories
And when's the last time you saw anyone smoke a pipe … be it corncob, Meerschaum or rosewood? Oh yeah, let's stoke pop's pipe with a bit of ... «The Salinas Californian, Jun 15»
8
'The Great Detective': Interview With Author Zach Dundas
Conan Doyle's Holmes does smoke pipes incessantly (as well as cigars and cigarettes), but not the enormous curved meerschaum of legend. «GeekDad, Jun 15»
9
Sherlock Holmes' legacy explored by Portland writer and superfan
On the contrary, Dundas has been a Sherlock Holmes aficionado since he was knee high to a Meerschaum pipe. As an 11-year-old in Missoula ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
10
Nature Journal: Dutchman's pipe & its insect prison
Pretty soon you'll spot a pod-like object dangling on a short thin stem that resembles one of the large-bowled curved Meerschaum pipes old ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, May 15»

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