EGGSHELL
- (of china) Of extreme thinness and delicacy
- The thin, hard outer layer of an egg, esp. a hen's egg
- Used in similes and metaphors to refer to the fragile nature of something
- An oil-based paint that dries with a slight sheen
- the hard exterior of a bird's egg [n EGGSHELLS]
- A pale yellowish-white color
- the hard exterior of an egg [n -S]