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diamond

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What does diamond mean?

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A gemstone made from this mineral.
  3. A diamond ring.
More meanings (29)

noun

  1. A very pale blue color.
  2. Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
  3. Something that resembles a diamond.
  4. A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
  5. A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
  6. The entire field of play used in the game.
  7. The infield of a baseball field.
  8. A card of the diamonds suit.
  9. A town square.
  10. (dated) The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4+¹⁄₂-point.

adjective

  1. Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
  2. Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
  3. Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
  4. (slang) First-rate; excellent.

verb

  1. To adorn with or as if with diamonds.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
  2. A surname from German or Irish.
  3. A historical settlement in Denali Borough, Alaska.
  4. An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, Georgia.
  5. A village in Grundy County and Will County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  7. A township in Cherokee County, Iowa.
  8. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
  9. A minor city in Newton County, Missouri.
  10. An unincorporated community in Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
  12. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
  13. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
  14. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
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IPA pronunciation

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I went downstairs, feeling that this was rather a flat ending, after all our excitement about the Diamond earlier in the day.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
If she had said to him that he must hold his face to it, Diamond would have held his face to it.
George MacDonaldAt the Back of the North WindProject Gutenberg ebook #225
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He that beareth the diamond upon him, it giveth him hardiness and manhood, and it keepeth the limbs of his body whole.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
People often come from very long distances to work in the diamond mines at Kimberley and in the gold mines at Johannesburg.
Edith A. HowPeople of AfricaProject Gutenberg ebook #6693
“It will be three years before I’ll finish my medical course. And even then there will be no diamond sunbursts and marble halls.”
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51