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rhinestone

rhinestone

25 6.5
A small fake diamond used to decorate clothes or jewelry
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪnˌstoʊn/
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  • Stockings with our names written in rhinestones.
  • rhinestone cowboy

I get it with glitter stuff and rhinestones, but why this?

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Examples

  • Her makeup artist Raul did the craziest, coolest rhinestone look ever.

  • It's this really pretty thin gold chain with a tiny little like rhinestone like little diamond at the bottom.

  • Oh, my God, look at these rhinestone boots.

  • Look at this one, just a nice little mirrored rhinestone beauty like the quality could not be better.

  • A tidy little black bow with a silver rhinestone in the center.

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  • And there was an old lady who came in with a poodle dressed up in a rhinestone collar.

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  • A friend of mine gave my wife Julia a beautiful rhinestone tiara which she wore.

  • Before I left, I laid out one of her favorite dresses, a plum silk and lace and rhinestone dress that she loved.

  • Rhinestone earrings and black velvet headband.

  • She wore a glamorous dress adorned with rhinestones that sparkled under the lights.

Synonyms

strass
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  • Archaic
9.9

A small shiny glass stone used instead of a real diamond

is the finished imitation gem made from such materials for jewelry and decoration

How Sparkly

diamond
489 1.4
rhinestone
25 6.5
crystal
50 3.0
bead
14 4.1

Surface Forms

rhinestone singular
rhinestones plural

Morphology

rhinestone = Rhine + stone (semi-transparent) = rhine + stone

Formally a compound 'Rhine' + 'stone' (a stone from the Rhine) but the modern sense 'imitation diamond' is a specialized shift not directly predictable from the components for an average learner.

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.