卵殻(らんかく)

らんかく
noun
eggshell
1. the hard outer shell of an egg
The hard, brittle outer covering of a bird's egg, mostly made of calcium carbonate. A somewhat technical or written term.
卵殻(らんかく)は炭酸(たんさん)カルシウムでできている。
Eggshells are made of calcium carbonate.
卵殻(らんかく)を細(こま)かく砕(くだ)いた。
I crushed the eggshell into small pieces.
卵殻(らんかく)を肥料(ひりょう)として畑(はたけ)にまく人(ひと)もいる。
Some people scatter eggshells on fields as fertilizer.

A technical or written term for an eggshell. In everyday conversation, 卵(たまご)の殻(から) is used instead.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 卵殻(らんかく)を砕(くだ)く: to crush an eggshell
  • 卵殻(らんかく)膜(まく): eggshell membrane

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 殻(から): shell — the general word for a shell of an egg, nut, or shellfish
  • 卵(たまご)の殻(から): eggshell — the everyday phrasing of the same thing
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