Meerschaum meaning

mîr'shəm, -shôm'
A fine, compact, usually white claylike mineral of hydrous magnesium silicate, H4 Mg2 Si3 O10 , found in the Mediterranean area and used in fashioning tobacco pipes and as a building stone.
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A tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this mineral.
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A soft, claylike, orthorhombic mineral, Mg4(Si2O5)3(OH)26H2O, used to make tobacco pipes and other heat-resistant items; hydrous magnesium silicate; sepiolite.
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A pipe with a bowl made of this.
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(uncountable) A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders.
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(countable) A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum.
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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

  • 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 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.

  • are extensive deposits of meerschaum.

  • meerschaum pipe.

  • 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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