1
: a fine light white clayey mineral that is a hydrous magnesium silicate found chiefly in Asia Minor and is used especially for tobacco pipes
2
: a tobacco pipe of meerschaum
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Your Turkish meerschaum pipes are hand carved and made as vintage exports.
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Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020
The backpacks contained two unopened bottles of Barefoot Moscato wine and a wooden meerschaum pipe with marijuana residue.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
Like his literary descendant, Dupin smokes a meerschaum pipe and is generally eccentric.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
Like his literary descendant, Dupin smokes a meerschaum pipe and is generally eccentric.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
So why not throw on a deerstalker hat, light up a handy meerschaum pipe, and do our best impression of the great detective himself in order to get to the bottom of this case?
—Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
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Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020
The backpacks contained two unopened bottles of Barefoot Moscato wine and a wooden meerschaum pipe with marijuana residue.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
Like his literary descendant, Dupin smokes a meerschaum pipe and is generally eccentric.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
Like his literary descendant, Dupin smokes a meerschaum pipe and is generally eccentric.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
So why not throw on a deerstalker hat, light up a handy meerschaum pipe, and do our best impression of the great detective himself in order to get to the bottom of this case?
—Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
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“Meerschaum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meerschaum. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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meerschaum
noun
meer·schaum
ˈmi(ə)r-shəm 
-ˌshȯm
1
: a soft white lightweight mineral resembling a very fine clay used especially for tobacco pipes
2
: a tobacco pipe made of meerschaum
Etymology
German, literally, "sea foam"
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