oyster bed

noun

1. a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.

oyster bed

noun

1. a place, esp on the sea bed, where oysters breed and grow naturally or are cultivated for food or pearls Also calledoyster bankoyster park

Word History and Origins

Origin of oyster bed¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

A University of Massachusetts study found that with no oyster beds present, the wave energy in New York City harbors is 200% higher.

From Popular-Science

Stories say island women would bake cakes to send off with husbands who worked the oyster beds, and over the years the cakes took on more and more layers.

From Outside Online

It resembles a tomato-forward bouillabaisse and smells like the oyster beds of Louisiana.

From Washington Post

They took an aerial tour of oyster beds and wandered Pike’s Place Market.

From Eater

The mutineers had learned where the oyster-bed was, and therefore could be no longer restrained by that consideration.

From Project Gutenberg

In short, this was not the pearl-oyster bed which had brought the two friends the greater part of the way around the globe.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Part of the moat had become an oyster-bed and was so filled up as to be fordable.

From Project Gutenberg

The oyster-bed among the rocks was frequently renewed, and furnished excellent molluscs.

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