carat

Converse of object

• weigh: Weighing 0.25 carats, this magnificent, dazzling diamond can be seen from all angles.
• total: Included was an oil barrel packed full of loose diamonds totalling 150,000 carats.
• write: When written down, carat is often abbreviated as ct, and point as pt.
• use: The USA for example used to use the continental.900 fineness in its gold coins, whereas Canada used 22 carat.
• buy: We recently bought another 12 carats of fancy colored diamonds, but could get no green ones.

Adjective modifier

• full: The diamond weight comes to a total of a dazzling one full carat.
• high: The majority of Hall's high carat alluvial yields correlate with the interpreted swarms.

Modifies a noun

• gold: They used 24 carat gold to give the glass its ruby red tones.
• diamond: Q: How much would a half carat diamond cost?
• alloy: In our opinion, 9 and 10 carat alloys aren't real gold.
• leaf: Raised roman numerals are gilded in 23 _ carat gold leaf.
• jewelry: We sell nine carat gold jewelry at prices usually 25 % to 40 % below High Street retail prices.
• ring: You will be pleased to know I have just placed an order for the 1 carat ring.

Noun used with modifier

• half: Q: How much would a half carat diamond cost?
• quarter: An open, unusual setting for this pair of quarter carat diamonds set in 18ct yellow gold.
• zillion: Somebody earlier on in the thread said it exactly for me - an absolute zillion carat nugget!
• word: The word carat is a derivation of the word carob.

Preposition: in

• weight: The diamond is approx 0.12 carats in weight, ' H ' color, VS clarity.
• size: Diamonds up to 56 carats in size have been reported.

Preposition: of