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1. (n.) diamond
a pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon crystallized in the isometric system.
2. diamond
a piece of this substance.
3. diamond
a transparent, flawless or almost flawless piece of this mineral, esp. when cut and polished, valued as a precious gem.
4. diamond
a piece of jewelry containing a diamond.
5. diamond
a piece of this mineral used in a drill or cutting tool.
6. diamond
an equilateral quadrilateral, esp. as placed with its diagonals vertical and horizontal.
7. diamond
a red rhombus-shaped figure on a playing card.
8. diamond
a card bearing such figures.
9. diamond
diamonds, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the suit so marked.
10. diamond
the infield in baseball.
11. diamond
the entire playing field.
12. (adj.) diamond
made of or set with diamonds.
13. diamond
having the shape of a diamond.
14. diamond
indicating the 60th or 75th event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
15. (v.t.) diamond
to adorn with or as if with diamonds.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) diamond
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
2. (noun) diamond, adamant
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
3. (noun) rhombus, rhomb, diamond
a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
4. (noun) diamond
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
"he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps"
5. (noun) baseball diamond, diamond, infield
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
6. (noun) ball field, baseball field, diamond
the baseball playing field
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1. (noun) diamond
a clear precious stone
a diamond ring/necklace
2. diamond
a shape with four equal straight sides forming two large angles and two small angles
***the red diamonds on a playing card
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) diamond
resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field
2. (noun) diamond
a precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness
3. (noun) diamond
a geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge
4. (noun) diamond
one of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond
5. (noun) diamond
a pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups
6. (noun) diamond
the infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles
7. (noun) diamond
the smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. diamond
the name of Newton's favourite dog that, by upsetting a lamp, set fire to MSS. containing notes of experiments made over a course of years, an irreparable loss.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. diamond
Diamond. A crystalline form of carbon that occurs as hard, colorless or tinted isomeric crystals. It is used as a precious stone, for cutting glass, and as bearings for delicate mechanisms. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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Sense: a very hard, colourless precious stone
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 Afrikaans: diamant |
 Arabic: ماس، ألماس |
 Bulgarian: диамант |
 Brazilian: diamante |
 Czech: diamant; diamantový |
 German: der Diamant |
 Danish: diamant |
 Greek: διαμάντι |
 Spanish: diamante |
 Estonian: teemant |
 Farsi: الماس |
 Finnish: timantti |
 French: diamant; de diamant |
 Hebrew: יַהֲלוֹם |
 Hindi: हीरा |
 Croatian: dijamant |
 Hungarian: gyémánt |
 Indonesian: intan, berlian |
 Icelandic: demantur |
 Italian: diamante |
 Japanese: ダイアモンド |
 Korean: 다이아몬드 |
 Lithuanian: deimantas |
 Latvian: dimants; briljants; diman |
 Malay: permata |
 Dutch: diamant, diamanten |
 Norwegian: diamant |
 Polish: diament |
 Persian: الماس |
 Pashto: الماس |
 Portuguese: diamante |
 Romanian: diamant; de diamant |
 Russian: бриллиант |
 Slovak: diamant; diamantový |
 Slovenian: diamant |
 Serbian: dijamant |
 Swedish: diamant |
 Thai: เพชร |
 Turkish: elmas |
 Taiwanese: 鑽石 |
 Ukrainian: брильянт, діамант |
 Urdu: ہیرا |
 Vietnamese: kim cương |
 Chinese: 钻石 |
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