diamond

Definition of Diamond in English :

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Noun

1. diamond

a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

2. adamant, diamond

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

adamant

3. diamond, rhomb, rhombus

a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

4. diamond

a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

Example Sentences:
'he led a small diamond'
'diamonds were trumps'

5. baseball diamond, diamond, infield

the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

6. ball field, baseball field, diamond

the baseball playing field

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Diamond

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noun

a colourless exceptionally hard mineral (but often tinted yellow, orange, blue, brown, or black by impurities), found in certain igneous rocks (esp the kimberlites of South Africa). It is used as a gemstone, as an abrasive, and on the working edges of cutting tools. Composition: carbon. Formula: C. Crystal structure: cubic

(as modifier)

a diamond ring

▶ Related adjective: diamantine

2. geometry

a figure having four sides of equal length forming two acute angles and two obtuse angles; rhombus

b. (modifier)

rhombic

a red lozenge-shaped symbol on a playing card

a card with one or more of these symbols or (when plural) the suit of cards so marked

4. baseball

the whole playing field

the square formed by the four bases

(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 41⁄2 point

6. black diamond

7. rough diamond

verb

8. (transitive)

to decorate with or as with diamonds

Diamond

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noun

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.

a gem or other piece cut from this mineral

a lozenge-shaped plane figure (♦)

any of a suit of playing cards marked with such figures in red

c. [pl., with sing. or pl. v.]

this suit of cards

4. US, Baseball

the infield

the whole playing field

adjective

of, like, or set with a diamond or diamonds

marking or celebrating the 60th, or sometimes 75th, year

a diamond jubilee

verb transitive

to adorn with or as with diamonds

Diamond

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1. An extremely hard, highly refractive crystalline form of carbon that is usually colorless and is used as a gemstone and in abrasives, cutting tools, and other applications.

2. A piece of jewelry containing such a gemstone.

3. A rhombus, particularly when oriented so that one diagonal extends from left to right and the other diagonal extends from top to bottom.

4. Games

a. A red, lozenge-shaped figure on certain playing cards.

b. A playing card with this figure.

c. diamonds (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

5. Baseball

a. The infield.

b. The whole playing field.

adj.

Of or relating to a 60th or 75th anniversary.

tr.v. di·a·mond·ed, di·a·mond·ing, di·a·monds

To adorn with diamonds.

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