rhinestone
- noun
- /ˈraɪnˌstoʊn/
- Stockings with our names written in rhinestones.
- rhinestone cowboy
I get it with glitter stuff and rhinestones, but why this?
- I get it with glitter stuff and rhinestones, but why this?
- It's the first time I had this rhinestone and all this gel.
- It's great on the front with rhinestone and this flower.
- Well, not really glitter, it's more like little rhinestone studs.
Examples
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Her makeup artist Raul did the craziest, coolest rhinestone look ever.
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It's this really pretty thin gold chain with a tiny little like rhinestone like little diamond at the bottom.
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Oh, my God, look at these rhinestone boots.
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Look at this one, just a nice little mirrored rhinestone beauty like the quality could not be better.
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A tidy little black bow with a silver rhinestone in the center.
Blog text (5) -
And there was an old lady who came in with a poodle dressed up in a rhinestone collar.
Fiction book (1995) -
A friend of mine gave my wife Julia a beautiful rhinestone tiara which she wore.
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Before I left, I laid out one of her favorite dresses, a plum silk and lace and rhinestone dress that she loved.
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Rhinestone earrings and black velvet headband.
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She wore a glamorous dress adorned with rhinestones that sparkled under the lights.
Synonyms
A small shiny glass stone used instead of a real diamond
How Sparkly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rhinestone comes from Rhine meaning 'a river in Europe' and stone meaning 'rock'. People once used clear crystals found near the Rhine as cheap 'diamonds', so today a rhinestone is a fake diamond used to make clothes and jewelry sparkle.