Gem - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dʒem|
Brit.
|dʒem|
noun
- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection (syn: treasure)
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry (syn: stone)
- a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan (syn: muffin)
- a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry (syn: jewel)
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry (syn: stone)
he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
- a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry (syn: jewel)- a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan (syn: muffin)
- a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry (syn: jewel)
Extra examples
The house is a gem of colonial architecture.
He pitched a gem of a game.
Her most recent novel is a real gem.
The new man seemed to be a gem.
Every single ad in the campaign has been a gem.
The Fortune is a tiny gem of a theatre.
Ben, you're a real gem!
Word forms
noun
singular: gem
plural: gems
singular: gem
plural: gems
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