Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mermaids' tears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: mer-maid-s' tears
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Small plastic pellets, or nurdles, found as marine pollutants.

Colloquial

noun

Small rounded pieces of sea glass.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I hadn't known how thirsty I was for the ocean until we found this beach near Victoria—not really beautiful, but diverse—a stretch of oddities, buttons of wood, mermaids' tears (glass fragments rubbed smooth), stones of worn-down brick."
"[…] glass and shells in the sand than gazing at the blue horizon. Seashells, round pebbles, driftwood—these natural materials are more precious to me than expensive jewels. I love hunting for "mermaids' tears"—pieces of broken glass that […]"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

mermaid's tears (alternative)

Questions

What does mermaids' tears mean?: Small plastic pellets, or nurdles, found as marine pollutants.

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