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meerschaum

Meaningsea foam

Common meaning: a soft white clay mineral used for pipes

Journey through time

  1. Germanmeer‘sea’source
  2. Germanmeerschaum‘sea foam’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssea foam → a soft white clay mineral used for pipesmeerschaum‘a soft white clay mineral used for pipes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on German meer ‘sea foam’.

Roots

  • meer German “sea foam”

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