Synonyms for oyster
ˈɔɪ stəroys·ter

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1. oysternoun

   marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

   Synonyms:
   huitre

2. huitre, oysternoun

   edible body of any of numerous oysters

   Synonyms:
   huitre

3. oysterverb

   a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl

   Synonyms:
   huitre

4. oysterverb

   gather oysters, dig oysters

Matched Categories

1. • Bivalve
   • Gather

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1. List of paraphrases for "oyster":

   oysters

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1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

   Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

2. Debra Forman:

   Hopefully, there will be zoos in our future, and aquariums, the world is our oyster.

3. Phyllis McGinley:

   Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men charging off in pursuit of fortune or fame or an imagined Utopia. That is why we number so few geniuses among us. The wholesome oyster wears no pearl, the healthy whale no ambergris, and as long as we can keep on adding to the race, we harbor a sort of health within ourselves.

4. Edward Thom:

   Traditionally, we have discharged waste into Dornoch Firth, what we now do is remove 97 % of the waste product prior to it being discharged. The remaining 3 % is then cleaned by the oyster beds that we're currently planting as part of The DEEP project.

5. Toni Elliott:

   The manager of the restaurant came over and said, ‘ I hear you got a pearl in your oyster. ’ I said, ‘ Well I ’m up to ten so far, ’.