sapphire
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- noun
- /ˈsæfaɪər/
:
azul zafiro
- To the south lies the scorpion-shaped, sapphire blue Yamdrok Yantso, Tibet's third largest lake.
- sapphire blue
Examples
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Directly below them, a small lake sparkled like a sapphire among trees.
Fiction book (1999) -
Open your eyes, there's a sapphire sky above us.
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A pair of blue, almost sapphire eyes once that for a moment made me feel as though I were falling under some kind of spell.
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Her new eyes, of deepest sapphire, gazed out at the world.
Fiction book (1991) -
Eyes blue as sapphires, a nose like a kitten.
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To the west, the terraced estates of Coronado, where the swimming pools glowed like sapphires.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Bay of Biscay glowed with the same radiant sapphire hues L. Logan remembered in Daisy McClennon's eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The ocean shimmered in a sapphire hue under the bright sun.
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On a clear day, the sky was a brilliant sapphire blue, making the landscape look stunning.
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The artist used a sapphire shade to capture the beauty of the serene lake in her painting.
Synonyms
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A bright blue color like a clear sky
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A deep blue color like a clear bright sky
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A light blue like the clear sky on a sunny day
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A light blue color used by the jewelry brand Tiffany & Co
A light blue color like a clear morning sky
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A deep blue gemstone made from the mineral cordierite and used in jewelry
How Blue
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sapphire as a color name comes from the gem itself and the old word sappir that meant 'blue' or 'precious' stone. That's why artists and designers call a bright, vivid blue 'sapphire' after the jewel.