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ruby Definition

ruby (ro̵̅o̅)

noun pl. -·bies

  1. a clear, deep-red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone
  2. something made of this stone, as a watch bearing
    1. deep red
    2. something having this color

Etymology: ME < OFr rubi, ult. < L rubeus, reddish; akin to ruber, red

adjective

deep-red

Ruby Definition

Ruby (ro̵̅o̅)

noun

a feminine name

Etymology: see ruby

ruby Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • get: Posted by Darren on 02 Nov 2004 Sam I have to get ruby has a take out from a pub in Sheffield.
  • have: There's a large statue in the temple, which seems to have rubies for eyes.
  • wear: Inside are the enameled busts of the Queen and her mother, Anne Boleyn, wearing ruby and diamond brooches respectively.
  • find: The problem previously was that textmate wasn't finding ruby at all.
  • take: Death will take a ruby from it, place the ruby in your hands, you will strike my head with it.

Noun used with modifier

  • balas: Richard II had a coat, valued at thirty thousand marks, which was covered with balas rubies.
  • star: Goujun sat up in the pile of cushions, hair loose around his shoulders, eyes blood-red and cold as star rubies.

Adjective modifier

  • dark: She was a ghost in white among taller ghosts, and she followed them placidly, her eyes dark rubies in the night.
  • deep: Tasting Note: Deep ruby in color with a youthfull crimson rim.
  • red: God then ordered the angels to bring from the highest Paradise a stone of red ruby.
  • good: Cobra goes kosher Whether you like your curry hot or mild, nothing goes finer with a good old ruby than some beer.
  • synthetic: Consists of hundreds of letters hand written in many segments over a number of years by Bruce Roberts, the creator of synthetic rubies.
  • large: His head is wrapped in a turban and in the center of its front is the largest ruby they've ever seen.

Modifies a noun

  • chard: These include ruby chard, lambs lettuce, and salad burnet.
  • slipper: Maybe we should offer some ruby slippers by way of sending them back home.
  • glow: Eye color to reflect a distinct rich ruby glow.
  • lip: Although she is outlined in black ink, one sees ruby red lips and emphatic eyeliner.
  • laser: You see not even all ruby lasers are the same!
  • red: Tasting Note: Deep ruby red in color tending to brown around the edges.

Preposition: in

  • color: Tasting Note: Deep ruby in color with a youthfull crimson rim.
ruby Quotes

The rubyand amethyst eyes of anemones Glow through me, fiercer than stars.

—Brasch, Charles

Browse dictionary entries near ruby

  1. rubrician
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  3. rubrical
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  5. ruble
  6. rubious
  7. Rubinstein
  8. Rubin, Robert
  9. rubiginous
  10. rubied
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  2. ruche
  3. ruched
  4. ruching
  5. ruck
  6. ruckle
  7. rucksack
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  9. ruction
  10. rudbeckia