Cabochon Definition

kăbə-shŏn
cabochons
noun
Any precious stone cut in convex shape, polished but not faceted.
Webster's New World
A highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted gem.
American Heritage
The style of cutting such a stone.
Webster's New World
adverb
In a highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted style.
A sapphire that was cut cabochon.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Cabochon

Noun

Singular:
cabochon
Plural:
cabochons

Origin of Cabochon

  • Borrowing from French cabochon, augmentative form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old North French augmentative of caboche head cabbage

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cabochon Sentence Examples

  • Amethyst can be found in opaque and clear stones and in facet or cabochon cuts.

  • It contains 1300 great pearls, 400 garnets, 90 amethysts, 300 sapphires, 300 emeralds, 15 rubies, 75 balas rubies, 4 topazes, 2 cameos; the gems, except where they have been replaced, are cut en cabochon.

  • This piece is based around a pair of checkered wooden earrings featuring a blue moonstone cabochon.

  • Cabochon A carved ornament used on furniture of the mid-18th century, especially on the knees of cabriole chair legs.

  • There are many different types of cut, although these fall roughly into two types, cabochon and facet.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

NONHON

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