jade
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4.9
- noun
- /dʒeɪd/
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jade
- The king wore a necklace made of 20 jade beads and 40 shell beads.
- jade artifacts
- jade bead
- green jade
There are people who can touch jade and it doesn't affect them.
- There are people who can touch jade and it doesn't affect them.
- We have rose quartz, clear quartz, amethyst and jade.
- This is the neck sculpting cream by Doctor Brandt with this gorgeous jade Beads are jade for beauty.
Examples
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They're all hand-carved from jade.
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At Tikal, tunneling excavations uncovered magnificent royal tombs stocked with beautiful ceramics, jade adornments, and other artifacts.
Academic text (2007) -
I got Chinese jade, Big Mike.
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You stole a jade stone from the store.
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Sir, you said you wanted to show me that piece of jade.
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One made of gold, one made of silver, one made of jade.
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Also you apparently picked up a jade statue and a jewel box in that room.
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Was there any chance she was wearing the jade earrings he had given her one Christmas?
Fiction book (1996) -
Within an hour, a polished jade ax was found, then another, then another.
Academic text (2006) -
The king wore a necklace made of jade beads that sparkled in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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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
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9.9
A hard green or white stone like jade, less valuable than jadeite
A hard green or white stone used for jewelry and carving
A rare hard green stone used to make jewellery and small carvings
A hard green stone used by Maori people for jewelry and carving
Compounds
- Philippine
A climbing evergreen plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers used for decoration
How Precious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jade for the green stone likely comes from the Spanish phrase piedra de ijada, meaning 'stone of the flank', because people long ago used the stone as a kind of medicine for side pain and the Spanish word sounded like 'jade' to English ears. So a jade is the green gem we wear as jewelry.