Diamond Definition
dīə-mənd, dīmənd
diamonds
noun
diamonds
A usually colorless, crystalline mineral consisting of pure carbon, with nearly perfect cleavage and the greatest hardness of any substance: unflawed, transparent stones are cut into gems of great brilliance, and less perfect forms are used for cutting tools, abrasives, etc.
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A gem or other piece cut from this mineral.
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Any of a suit of playing cards marked with such figures in red.
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A lozenge-shaped plane figure (♢)
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Any rhombus, including a square, oriented with one point at the top and one at the bottom.
A baseball diamond.
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Synonyms:
- quadrilateral
- rhomb
- rhombus
- lozenge
- diamond point
- glass-cutter
- cutter
- sard
- jadestone
- demantoid
- chrysolite
- chrysoberyl
- bloodstone
- baseball-field
- ball field
adjective
Of, like, or set with a diamond or diamonds.
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Marking or celebrating the 60th, or sometimes 75th, year.
A diamond jubilee.
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Synonyms:
verb
To adorn with or as with diamonds.
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pronoun
A female given name of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
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idiom
diamond in the rough
- One having exceptionally good qualities or the potential for greatness but lacking polish and refinement.
American Heritage
diamond in the rough
- a diamond in its natural state
- a person or thing of fine quality but lacking polish
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Origin of Diamond
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Middle English diamaunt from Old French diamant from Medieval Latin diamās diamant- alteration of Latin adamās adamant
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adamas, “diamond”).
From Wiktionary
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