grey vs oyster

grey

adj
  • Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white). 

  • UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. 

verb
  • UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. 

noun
  • UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. 

oyster

adj
  • Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. 

noun
  • A person who keeps secrets. 

  • A shoplifter. 

  • A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. 

  • The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. 

  • Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. 

verb
  • To fish for oysters. 

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