meerschaum Definition
meer·schaum (mir′s̸həm, -s̸hôm′)
noun
- a soft, claylike, orthorhombic mineral, Mg(SiO)(OH)·6HO, used to make tobacco pipes and other heat-resistant items; hydrous magnesium silicate; sepiolite
- a pipe with a bowl made of this
Etymology: Ger, lit., sea foam (< meer, sea + schaum, foam), transl. of ML spuma maris, orig. used of coral, calque of Gr halos hachnē: name transferred in 18th-c. Ger to a variety of lithomarge
meerschaum Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
pipe: He only remembered Joseph was a groom and he smoked a meerschaum pipe.
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