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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.

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[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).]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	meerschaum - 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