pearly (redirected from Pearly whites)

pearl·y  (pûrl)

adj. pearl·i·er, pearl·i·est

1. Resembling pearls.

2. Covered or decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl.

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pearly [ˈpɜːlɪ]

adj pearlier, pearliest

1. resembling a pearl, esp in lustre

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour pearl; pale bluish-grey

3. decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl

n pl pearlies (in Britain)

1. a London costermonger who wears on ceremonial occasions a traditional dress of dark clothes covered with pearl buttons

2. (plural) the clothes or the buttons themselves

pearliness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pearly - informal terms for a human `tooth'   chopper tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
Adj.	1.	pearly - of a white the color of pearls pearly-white achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

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pearly

adjective

1. iridescent, mother-of-pearl, opalescent, nacreous, margaric, margaritic a suit covered with pearly buttons

2. ivory, creamy, milky, silvery pearly white teeth

Translations

pearly [ˈpɜːlɪ] ADJ (pearlier (compar) (pearliest (superl))) [teeth] → de perla; [colour] → color de perla
pearly white/pink → blanco/rosa perla
the Pearly Gates (hum) → las puertas del cielo

pearly

adj (+er) (in colour) → perlmuttfarben; pearly buttons → Perlmuttknöpfe pl; a pearly costume → ein Kostüm nt → mit Perlmuttknöpfen

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pearly:

Pearly Gates

pl → Himmelstür f

pearly king/queen

n Straßenverkäufer(in) in London, der/die ein mit Perlmuttknöpfen und bunten Perlen besticktes Kostüm trägt

pearly-white

adj → strahlend weiß; teeth → perlweiß; skin, fabric → blütenweiß

pearly [ˈpɜːlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (teeth) → come perle; (buttons) → a perla
pearly white → bianco perla inv
the Pearly Gates (hum) → le porte del paradiso