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NACRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nacre mean?
• NACRE (noun)
The noun NACRE has 1 sense:
1. the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
Familiarity information: NACRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
mother-of-pearl; nacre
Hypernyms ("nacre" is a kind of...):
shell (the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals)
Derivation:
nacreous (consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl)
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