lazuli
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- noun
- /ˈlæzʊli/
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lapislázuli
- The trunk sat directly opposite the mirror, atop a curious English desk with handles made from lapis lazuli.
- lapis lazuli
I don't know if you've any of you've seen that recent thing about the, the, the one who had the lapis lazuli in her teeth from, you know, probably licking her brush.
- I don't know if you've any of you've seen that recent thing about the, the, the one who had the lapis lazuli in her teeth from, you know, probably licking her brush.
Examples
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The nearly full Earth still hung in the sky, a swirl of frothy white and lapis lazuli blue.
Fiction book (1998) -
The world's all lapis lazuli.
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Three rods of Lapis lazuli.
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Inside the break, the water was the color of aquamarine; beyond it, a dark lapis lazuli.
Fiction book (2002) -
He wrote his story on a lapis lazuli tablet and buried it under the city walls for future generations to find and learn from.
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Both are inlaid with a dark green jade and with blue lapis lazuli and red rubies outlined with gold.
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Though situated in inhospitable terrain, the city was close to tin, copper, and turquoise mines, and lay on the route bringing lapis lazuli from Afghanistan to the west.
Academic text (2011) -
There lay this very house, embossed with lapis lazuli and trimmed with amber and gold, as it must have been when Lincoln went unheard at Gettysburg.
Fiction book (1994) -
The city's artisans worked lapis lazuli, silver, lead, turquoise, and other materials imported from as far away as eastern Afghanistan, as well as shells from the distant Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.
Academic text (2011) -
The ancient Egyptians often used lapis lazuli in their jewelry to symbolize wealth and power.
Synonyms
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A deep blue stone used in jewelry like rings and necklaces
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A deep blue stone often used in jewelry and decoration
Compounds
How Blue
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lazuli comes from an old Persian word lāzaward that meant 'blue' and later became lazulum in Latin. You can see the same root in the word azure, and that's why lazuli is used for a deep, bright blue stone.