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n. Any of several common, widespread aluminum or calcium silicate minerals occurring in two internally isomorphic series, (Mg, Mn, Fe)3Al2Si3O12 and Ca3(Cr, Al, Fe)2Si3O12, generally crystallized, often embedded in igneous and metamorphic rocks, and colored red, brown, black, green, yellow, or white and used both as gemstones and as abrasives.

n. A dark to very dark red.

n. Nautical A tackle for hoisting light cargo.

n. A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

n. A dark red.

adj. Of a dark red colour.

n. A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.

n. A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.

n. A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.

n. “(Webster); cf. garnet-apple. The ult. source is the same; granat and grenade are doublets.] A common mineral species embracing many varieties, which, while conforming to the same general formula, differ in composition and hence also in color, specific gravity, and fusibility.

n. Nautical:

n. A sort of tackle fixed to the mainstay, and used to hoist in and out the cargo.

n. A clue-garnet.

n. A pendant rove through a hole in the spar-deck, hooked to a pendent tackle, and used in mounting or dismounting guns on the gun-deck. Also called gurnet.

n. any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

"That sinking feeling was back … and every University of South Carolina fan clad in garnet-and-black at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday afternoon could feel it."

mineral    transparent gem   

alizarin garnet    white garnet    carminaph garnet   

hessonite    almandite    rhodolite    andradite    essonite    almandine    carbuncle    cinnamon stone    pyrope   

arnot    incarnate   

amethyst    chrysoprase    jasper    opal    lazuli    beryl    chrysolite    tourmaline    ruby    turquoise