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diamond

diamond

677 1.4
A very hard clear stone used in jewelry
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪəmənd/
: diamante
  • I see the sparkling little diamonds on your head.
  • a diamond ring
  • a diamond necklace
  • diamond jeweler

You don't have to wear a big diamond to have a bold ring.

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Examples

  • You don't have to wear a big diamond to have a bold ring.

    GQ
  • Oh, Maria, have you seen my diamond, anywhere?

  • But that would be like offering someone a diamond and saying it was glass.

  • The bigger and more expensive the diamond, the more dangerous it is.

  • Come on, look at these diamonds.

  • Maybe quite continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend.

  • So I'm going to wear my diamond earrings.

  • To her daughter, Lucrezia, she left a gold and diamond jewel representing Christ at the column.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Audrey wears a forties dress with a diamond brooch, Hank blue western slacks, and a loose shirt.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She received a beautiful diamond engagement ring on her birthday.

Synonyms

jewel
vsdiamond
189 1.8

A precious or less valuable stone cut and polished for use in jewelry

is the very hard clear mineral formed of pure carbon and used industrially
stone
vsdiamond
87 4.5

A hard, shiny gem cut and polished for jewelry

is the very hard clear carbon mineral valued both in jewelry and in industry
gem
vsdiamond
56 1.3

A small valuable stone cut and polished for use in jewelry or decoration

is the very hard clear mineral made from pure carbon and used industrially
gemstone
vsdiamond
14 3.3

A hard, shiny stone cut and polished for use in jewelry

is the very hard clear mineral made of pure carbon and used in industry
precious stone
vsdiamond
8 3.4

A rare valuable gem like a diamond used in jewelry

is one specific mineral type noted for exceptional hardness and industrial use
ice
vsdiamond
  • Slang
1 9.9

Expensive diamond jewelry that people wear to look rich

is the neutral technical name for the hard clear mineral used industrially
jewel of the first water
vsdiamond
  • Archaic
9.9

A person or thing of the very highest quality

is the concrete very hard clear carbon mineral rather than a figurative praise

Idioms

8 5.2

A person or thing with great talent but little polish

Compounds

A square area on a baseball field with the bases and home plate where players run

A rare solid black gem valued for its dark look

2 4.8

The 60th anniversary of an important event, usually celebrated with public events

A celebration of a couple's 60th wedding anniversary

black diamond
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A very hard dark stone used in industry for drilling and polishing, not for jewelry

1 3.9

A very fine glitter powder used on skin or crafts to give shine

1 8.4

A very difficult ski slope marked with a black diamond

diamond point
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A very hard small tip made of diamond that cuts or engraves hard materials

A celebration to mark a couple's 60 years of marriage

6.9

Very small ice crystals near the ground that sparkle in cold clear weather

A nickname for the United States state of Delaware

How Valuable

diamond
677 1.4
gem
56 1.3

Surface Forms

diamond singular
diamonds plural

Etymology

Diamond for the hard stone comes from the old Greek word adamas, meaning 'unbreakable', and it is the same root as adamant, which helps you remember that a diamond is extremely hard.