pearl

1. 1.

   gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

   Broadergather

Other forms of pearl

plural

pearls·

past tense

pearled·

present participle

pearling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pearl

What does pearl mean?

pearl means "a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pearl?

pearl has 1 syllable: pearl. In IPA it is /ˈpɝl/.

What is another word for pearl?

Close synonyms include bone, ivory, off-white, drop, bead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pearl a common word?

pearl is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.