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meerschaum

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meer·schaum  (mîrshm, -shôm)
n.
1. A fine, compact, usually white claylike mineral of hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, found in the Mediterranean area and used in fashioning tobacco pipes and as a building stone. Also called sepiolite.
2. A tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this mineral.
[German : Meer, sea (from Middle High German mer, from Old High German mari; see mori- in Indo-European roots) + Schaum, foam (from Middle High German schm, from Old High German scm; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]
meerschaum [meer-shum]
Noun
1. a white, heat-resistant, claylike mineral
2. a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this mineral [German Meerschaum, literally: sea foam]
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Noun1.meerschaummeerschaum - a white clayey mineral              
sepiolite
meerschaum - a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
2.meerschaum - a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
meerschaum, sepiolite - a white clayey mineral


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Now I think of it, I haven't seen the old meerschaum since he came home.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
On a seat against the railing was a young woman dressed suitable for red automobiles, with hair the colour of an unsmoked meerschaum.
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He took a cigarette out of a dainty box, stuck it into a meerschaum holder which he carried in a morocco case, and reached for my cigar.
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