Sapphire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A clear hard variety of corundum used as a gemstone that is usually blue but may be any color except red.
  • n. A corundum gem.
  • n. The blue color of a gem sapphire.
  • adj. Made of or resembling a gem sapphire.
  • adj. Having the color of a blue sapphire.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
  • n. a white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
  • n. a deep blue colour.
  • n. a type of South American hummingbird.
  • adj. of a deep blue colour.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
  • n. The color of the gem; bright blue.
  • n. Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.
  • adj. Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A precious stone next in hardness to the diamond, and nearly as valuable when of fine quality: a variety of the mineral corundum.
  • n. The color of the sapphire; blue.
  • n. In heraldry, a tincture, the color blue, in blazoning by means of precious stones. Compare blazon, n., 2.
  • n. In ornithology, a sapphirewing.
  • Resembling sapphire; of a deep brilliant blue.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
  • n. a light shade of blue
  • n. a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
  • adj. of something having the color of a blue sapphire
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    jewel    precious stone    gem    blueness    blue   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    corundum    sapphirine    blue   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amethyst    emerald    turquoise    garnet    jade    onyx    opal    diamond    aquamarine    beryl