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rox

rox

1 9.9
Valuable shiny stones like diamonds that are used in jewelry
  • noun
  • /rɑks/
  • Slang
translation icon : diamante
  • During the auction, the rare rox fetched a high price, surprising all the bidders.

Examples

  • Great, Rox.

    Wild Card (2015)

  • I wasn't really being serious in that post, though, but it is annoying when the standard of the thread drops to "President Bush rox..." etc.

    Blog text (5)

  • She wore a stunning necklace adorned with sparkling rox that caught everyone's attention.

  • The ring was set with beautiful rox, making it the perfect centerpiece for her jewelry collection.

Synonyms

gem
vsrox
47 1.3

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

is an informal plural that points to especially valuable jewelry stones
gemstone
vsrox
15 3.3

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

is an informal plural focusing on the valuable subset rather than all cut stones
precious stone
vsrox
6 3.4

A rare valuable gem like a diamond used in jewelry

is an informal plural referring specifically to valuable stones used in jewelry

Surface Forms

rox singular
rox plural

Morphology

rox = rock (opaque) = rock + s

The form is a regular plural built from 'rock', but the gemstone meaning is a lexicalized slang extension rather than a predictable meaning from the base word alone.

Etymology

Rox is a slang plural for shiny gems and comes from the everyday word rock, which means 'stone'. People began calling diamonds 'rocks' because they are precious stones, so rox is a playful spelling for those gems.