Diamond - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem (syn: adamant)
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram (syn: rhomb, rhombus)
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
diamonds were trumps
- the baseball playing field
Extra examples
The ruby was surrounded by a ring of diamond.
The children cut the fabric into diamonds.
He played the queen of diamonds.
The grass is covered with minute diamonds of white frost.
Cut the cookie dough into diamonds.
The tears rolled over the long lashes, and diamonded her cheek. (A. James)
He presented the queen with a diamond necklace.
A diamond's worth is determined partly by its cut and clarity.
...the diamond cutter set out an array of brilliants to show the various ways the diamond could be cut...
That diamond is one of world's largest jewels.
...the brilliancy of the diamond is shown to good effect by the museum's lighting...
...I took a clandestine peek at the price tag on the diamond necklace....
...a young prospect who's supposed to be a crackerjack on the baseball diamond...
There is a microscopic crack in the diamond.
...wears an ostentatious diamond ring on his little finger...
Word forms
singular: diamond
plural: diamonds
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