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Word

claire

Phoneticsclaire

/ˈkɫɛɹ/

Definitions

01female name

A1

n. a common name for a woman or girl.

n. a female given name of French origin, meaning 'clear' or 'bright'.

“My friend Claire is coming over for dinner tonight.”

“The author dedicated her first novel to Claire, her sister and lifelong confidante.”

02oyster pond

C2

n. a small, shallow pond used to grow and clean oysters.

n. a shallow, enclosed coastal pond used for the final greening and fattening of oysters before they are sold.

“The farmer moved the oysters to the claire to improve their flavour.”

“The unique mineral content of the claire gives these oysters their distinctive green tint and refined taste profile.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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