pearly whites
Teeth.
The least you can do is keep your pearly whites squeaky clean with a cutting-edge electric toothbrush.
pearly
adj 4noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
clean, gray, most, predominant, silky, silver, white
VERB + PEARLY
admired, care, color, show, thickened
PEARLY + NOUN
kiddo, lustre, teeth, whiteness, whites
Definitions
noun
1
A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in proportion as they possess this excellence of a silver tint."
Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value
adj
1
Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
2
Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.
a pearly lustre
3
Containing or yielding pearls.
4
Having a pure sweet tone.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — informal terms for a human `tooth'
adjective — of a white the color of pearls
- pearly-white
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and
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Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value
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When (the scales are) more developed and thickened, the color (pearly) is deepened, shading
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a pearly lustre
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She has pearly eyes.
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She has pearly teeth.
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