birthstone
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈbɜrθˌstoʊn/
:
piedra de nacimiento
- It has a gem called a sapphire in it, her birthstone.
- birthstone ring
Examples
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- This is really beautiful, but my birthstone is the ruby.
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We got her a necklace with her birthstone in it.
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And they gave her this and it has her birthstone in it, which is so cute.
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And it just happens to be my birthstone.
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Turquoise is the birthstone for people born in December!
Fiction book (2000) -
That's my mother's birthstone.
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However, there's a garnet set in it, so we'll have to change that for a turquoise... ...since turquoise is your birthstone.
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Cody dug a tunnel in the dirt with an old spoon, and I twisted my birthstone ring this way and that to catch the sunlight and make it sparkle.
Fiction book (1990) -
Along the back wall was a long glass case crowded with birthstones, as well as amethyst, blue topaz, citrine, garnet, and other minerals set in earrings.
Fiction book (1997) -
My grandmother gave me a beautiful necklace with my birthstone, a sapphire, set in it.
Synonyms
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1.8
A precious or less valuable stone cut and polished for use in jewelry
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4.5
A hard, shiny gem cut and polished for jewelry
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1.3
A small valuable stone cut and polished for use in jewelry or decoration
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3.3
A hard, shiny stone cut and polished for use in jewelry
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3.4
A rare valuable gem like a diamond used in jewelry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Birthstone comes from the two English words birth and stone, literally 'birth' + 'stone'. Picture a small gem that represents the month you were born, which is why people wear a birthstone as jewelry or for luck.