Meerschaum Definition

mîrshəm, -shôm
noun
A soft, claylike, orthorhombic mineral, Mg4(Si2O5)3(OH)26H2O, used to make tobacco pipes and other heat-resistant items; hydrous magnesium silicate; sepiolite.
Webster's New World
A pipe with a bowl made of this.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders.

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Noun

Singular:
meerschaum
Plural:
meerschaums

Origin of Meerschaum

  • German Meer sea (from Middle High German mer) (from Old High German mari mori- in Indo-European roots) Schaum foam (from Middle High German schūm) (from Old High German scūm (s)keu- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from German Meerschaum (“sea foam").

    From Wiktionary

Meerschaum Sentence Examples

  • The chief industry of Lemgo is the manufacture of meerschaum pipes, which has attained here a high pitch of excellence; other industries are weaving, brewing and the manufacture of leather and cigars.

  • Magnesium is found widely distributed in nature, chiefly in the forms of silicate, carbonate and chloride, and occurring in the minerals olivine, hornblende, talc, asbestos, meerschaum, augite, dolomite, magnesite, carnallite, kieserite and kainite.

  • The minerals known to exist are - alum, antimony, arsenic, asbestos, boracide, chrome, coal, copper, emery, fuller's earth, gold, iron, kaolin, lead, lignite, magnetic iron, manganese, meerschaum, mercury, nickel, rock-salt, silver, sulphur and zinc. The vegetation varies with the climate, soil and elevation.

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MUMAUM

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