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1. (n.) cameo
a gemstone or other hard substance, as coral, carved with a design in low relief, usu. so that an underlying darker layer of the material forms a background for the lighter tone of the design.
2. cameo
a jewel with a central ornament having a head in profile carved or set in relief.
3. cameo
an effective literary sketch or small dramatic scene.
4. cameo
Also called cameo role. a small but notable part in a film, play, or television show, played esp. by a prominent performer, often in a single scene.
5. (adj.) cameo
of or pertaining to a cameo role.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < OF camaieu)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cameo
engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) CAMEO
a carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. CAMEO
a precious stone cut in relief; consists generally of two or three different colours, the upper cut in relief and the under forming the ground.
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Sense: an engraved stone with a raised design, used as jewellery.
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 Afrikaans: kamee |
 Arabic: حَجَرٌ ثَمين تُنْحَتُ طَب |
 Bulgarian: камея |
 Brazilian: camafeu |
 Czech: kamej |
 German: die Kamera |
 Danish: kamé |
 Greek: καμέα (πέτρα με ανάγλυφο |
 Spanish: camafeo |
 Estonian: kamee |
 Farsi: عقیق |
 Finnish: kamee |
 French: camée |
 Hebrew: תַּכשִׁיט אֶבֶן עִם תַבלִ |
 Hindi: उर्त्कीण रत्न |
 Croatian: kameja |
 Hungarian: kámea |
 Indonesian: kameo |
 Icelandic: gim-/skrautsteinn |
 Italian: cammeo |
 Japanese: カメオ |
 Korean: (보석) 카메오 |
 Lithuanian: kamėja |
 Latvian: kameja |
 Malay: kameo |
 Dutch: camee |
 Norwegian: kamé (utskåret smykkestei |
 Polish: kamea |
 Persian: عقیق |
 Pashto: غمى چه برجسته اشكال ولرى |
 Portuguese: camafeu |
 Romanian: camee |
 Russian: камея |
 Slovak: kamea, medailónik |
 Slovenian: kameja |
 Serbian: kameja |
 Swedish: kamé |
 Thai: หินแกะสลักที่ใช้เป็นเครื่ |
 Turkish: işlemeli akik |
 Taiwanese: 浮雕寶石 |
 Ukrainian: камея |
 Urdu: زیور کے طور پر ابھرواں نق |
 Vietnamese: đồ đá chạm |
 Chinese: 浮雕宝石 |
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