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 Definitions of Meerschaum  [ˈmɪər ʃəm, -ʃɔm]  

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Definition of 'Meerschaum' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) meerschaum
a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H

2.  meerschaum
a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of meerschaum.

Etymology:  (1775–85; < G Meerschaum, lit., sea foam)

Definition of 'Meerschaum' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) meerschaum, sepiolite
a white clayey mineral

2. (noun) meerschaum
a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum


Definition of 'Meerschaum' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Meerschaum
a fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite

2. (noun) Meerschaum
a tobacco pipe made of this mineral


Definitions of 'Meerschaum' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Meerschaum
a fine white clay, a hydrate-silicate of magnesia, supposed, as found on the sea-shore in some places, to have been sea-foam petrified.



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