Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oyster-tecture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oys-ter--tec-ture
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of oyster reefs to mitigate the effects of storm surge and rising sea levels and to filter polluted water.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The vision for oyster-tecture is to create a network of oyster reefs that interlink from Texas to Maine."
"Such is the potential that the concept of oyster-tecture – the use of oysters as an architectural resource – was developed by landscape architect Kate Orff and presented in a 2010 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art."
"The $60 million project, devised by landscape architect Kate Orff more than a decade ago and launched by the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, uses an approach that Orff has dubbed “oyster-tecture”: partially submerged mounds of rubble mingle with shell structures implanted with living larvae."

Etymology

Coined by Kate Orff. Blend of oyster + architecture

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does oyster-tecture mean?: The use of oyster reefs to mitigate the effects of storm surge and rising sea levels and to filter polluted water.
Where does oyster-tecture come from?: Coined by Kate Orff. Blend of oyster + architecture

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