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- Dictionarypearl/pəːl/
noun
- 1. a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem: "a linen garment decorated with pearls"
- 2. a person or thing of great rarity and worth: "these things are pearls amidst the everyday"
verb
- 1. form drops resembling pearls: "raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes"
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