ruby
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈruːbi/
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rubí
- The jeweler displayed a stunning ruby in the shop window, catching everyone's eye.
- rubies and sapphires
You had everything in sapphires, rubies, necklaces.
- You had everything in sapphires, rubies, necklaces.
- But unfortunately, because they're taking money in, let's say, or rubies, right, and they're taking Indian rubies in.
- You know, you could have things like that where it's like man made Ruby, lab made Ruby, man made sapphire, lab made sapphire.
Examples
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She had a diamond and ruby necklace that was worth a fortune.
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Karina lifted her hand, and I saw a large ruby wink in the light.
Fiction book (1994) -
Look at the size of that ruby!
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- Look at this ruby necklace.
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- This is really beautiful, but my birthstone is the ruby.
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And what's this?" She extended her hand to show him the ruby adorning her finger.
Fiction book (1993) -
And the speaker, the fork-bearded fellow, with a ruby the size of a pigeon's egg in his ear.
Fiction book (1992) -
They plan to steal the fabled flame of Rasputin, A precious ruby necklace on loan to the Seaboard City museum.
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Across her ivory brow draped a golden-chained ferronniere with a ruby amulet.
Fiction book (1992) -
When we say jewels, we mean... ...Indian diamonds, Burmese rubies and Colombian emeralds the size of your fist.
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
A clear stone like a diamond that light passes through
Compounds
- Specialized
A pale pink stone used as a jewel that looks like a ruby but is a different mineral
A small North American songbird with a bright red patch on the top of the male's head
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ruby comes from the Latin word ruber, which means 'red'. Because the gem is a bright red stone, it was named ruby, so a ruby is a deep red precious stone.