Eggshell

Noun

 * 1) The shell around an egg.
 * 2) A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.

Adjective

 * 1) Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
 * 2) Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain.

Thesaurus
alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, albumen, bubble, caviar, china, cream, creamy, delicate, dun-white, egg, egg white, fair, fish eggs, flat, glair, glass, glass house, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, gray-white, house of cards, ice, iridescent, ivory, ivory-white, light, lint-white, matchwood, mellow, mother-of-pearl, nacreous, off-white, old paper, opalescent, ovule, pale, parchment, pastel, patinaed, pearl, pearly, pearly-white, piecrust, quiet, roe, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, spawn, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, vitellus, white, whitish, whity, yellow, yolk

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: eierschaal
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: 卵の殻 (たまごのから, tamago no kara)
 * Maltese: qoxra tal-bajd
 * Polish: skorupka jajka
 * Russian: яичная скорлупа (jaíčnaja skorlupá)
 * Scottish Gaelic: plaosg-uighe, slige
 * Swedish:


 * Icelandic: beingulur litur, beingulur

Adjective

 * Icelandic: beingulur, beingul , beingult

Derived terms

 * eggshell blue
 * walk on eggshells