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oyster bed
noun
- a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
oyster bed
noun
- a place, esp on the sea bed, where oysters breed and grow naturally or are cultivated for food or pearls Also calledoyster bankoyster park
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oyster bed1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences
The mutineers had learned where the oyster-bed was, and therefore could be no longer restrained by that consideration.
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In short, this was not the pearl-oyster bed which had brought the two friends the greater part of the way around the globe.
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This idea comes from the fact that an oyster-bed may be free from them one day and the next be covered by these pests.
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Part of the moat had become an oyster-bed and was so filled up as to be fordable.
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The oyster-bed among the rocks was frequently renewed, and furnished excellent molluscs.
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