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DIAMOND
diamond
(noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; “he led a small diamond”; “diamonds were trumps”
diamond
(noun) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
rhombus, rhomb, diamond
(noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
diamond, adamant
(noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Diamond
A female given name from English of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
A surname.
Etymology 1
Noun
diamond (countable and uncountable, plural diamonds)
(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
A gemstone made from this mineral.
A ring containing a diamond.
A very pale blue color/colour.
Something that resembles a diamond.
(geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
(geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
(baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
(baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
(printing, uncountable, dated) A size of type, standardised as 4-1/2 point.
Synonyms
• (gemstone): sparkler (informal)
• (ring): diamond ring
• (something that resembles a diamond): adamant
• (geometry: rhombus): lozenge, rhomb, rhombus
• (geometry: polyiamond): 2-iamond
• (baseball: entire baseball field): ball field, baseball field
• (baseball: infield of a baseball field): baseball diamond, infield
Antonyms
• (baseball: infield of a baseball field): outfield
Adjective
diamond (not comparable)
made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
(slang) First-rate; excellent.
Verb
diamond (third-person singular simple present diamonds, present participle diamonding, simple past and past participle diamonded)
to adorn with or as if with diamonds
Etymology 2
Noun
diamond (uncountable)
(printing, dated) The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4-1/2-point.
Source: Wiktionary
Di"a*mond, n. Etym: [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases.
2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
5. (Baseball)
Definition: The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
6. (Print.)
Definition: The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
Note: * This line is printed in the type called Diamond. Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.
– Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.
– Diamond beetle (Zoöl.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.
– Diamond bird (Zoöl.), a small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelidæ.). It is black, with white spots.
– Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock.
– Diamond finch (Zoöl.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.
– Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll.
– Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances.
– Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped.
– Diamond snake (Zoöl.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.
– Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass.
Di"a*mond, a.
Definition: Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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