egg shells
Calcium-rich breakfast waste
The hard, brittle outer covering of an egg, composed mainly of calcium carbonate.
Eggshells protect the developing embryo and are discarded after the egg is cracked open.
Crushed eggshells find use in gardening as soil amendment.
To walk on eggshells is to act with extreme caution to avoid upsetting someone.
Also spelled as one word: eggshells.
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- walking on eggshellsActing with extreme caution
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- brittleLiable to shatter
compost · membrane · yolk · white · over easy · nest · empty nest · hatch · chicken · delicate · thin · broken · crush · garden · fertilizer · mosaic · craft · texture
- byproductsbagasse, pomace, molasses, sawdust, bran
- bioremainsbones, teeth, seeds, pollen, hair
- baking scrapscrumbs, bread crumbs, flour dust, cookie crumbs, cake crumbs
- trace fossilstrace fossils, trackway, trackways, burrows, burrow
- vermicultureworm bin, worm bins, worm farm, worm castings, vermicompost
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
fragility metaphor
egg shellsthick skin
Immunity to criticism
solid ground · armor plating · cast iron · firm footing · steel