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nacre

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And you've been depositing "nacre" for over 2 centuries at a rate that in the past decade has been around 10 trillion per year. I know that a lot of that wealth doesn't actually come back to the US, a lot of it is immaterial, that there's also a lot of destruction and regeneration even without war, but there's no way I'd evaluate the current wealth of the US at only 90 trillion.

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the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

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noun

the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

Definitions

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noun

the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

See also: mother-of-pearl

Example sentences

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And you've been depositing "nacre" for over 2 centuries at a rate that in the past decade has been around 10 trillion per year. I know that a lot of that wealth doesn't actually come back to the US, a lot of it is immaterial, that there's also a lot of destruction and regeneration even without war, but there's no way I'd evaluate the current wealth of the US at only 90 trillion.

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How do you use nacre in a sentence?

And you've been depositing "nacre" for over 2 centuries at a rate that in the past decade has been around 10 trillion per year. I know that a lot of that wealth doesn't actually come back to the US, a lot of it is immaterial, that there's also a lot of destruction and regeneration even without war, but there's no way I'd evaluate the current wealth of the US at only 90 trillion.

What does nacre mean?

the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

What part of speech is nacre?

nacre is commonly used as noun.