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 Definitions of gemstone  [ˈdʒɛmˌstoʊn]  

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Definition of 'gemstone' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gemstone
a mineral or crystal that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000)

Definition of 'gemstone' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gem, gemstone, stone
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"


Translation of 'gemstone' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a precious or semi-precious stone especially before it is cut into shape.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: edelsteen Arabic flag Arabic: حَجَر كَريم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: скъпоценен камък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pedra preciosa/semiprecio Czech flag Czech: drahý kámen, (polo)drahok German flag German: der Edelstein
Danish flag Danish: smykkesten;ædelsten Greek flag Greek: πετράδι Spanish flag Spanish: piedra preciosa
Estonian flag Estonian: kalliskivi Farsi flag Farsi: سنگ جواهر Finnish flag Finnish: jalokivi
French flag French: pierre gemme Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֶבֶן חֵן Hindi flag Hindi: मणि पत्थर
Croatian flag Croatian: dragi kamen Hungarian flag Hungarian: drágakő Indonesian flag Indonesian: batu permata
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gimsteinn Italian flag Italian: pietra preziosa Japanese flag Japanese: 原石
Korean flag Korean: 보석(의 원석) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: brangakmenis Latvian flag Latvian: dārgakmens
Malay flag Malay: batu permata Dutch flag Dutch: edelsteen Norwegian flag Norwegian: edelstein, smykkestein
Polish flag Polish: kamień szlachetny Persian flag Persian: سنگ جواهر Pashto flag Pashto: د غمی سڼګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pedra preciosa Romanian flag Romanian: (pia­­tră) gemă Russian flag Russian: (полу)драгоценный камень
Slovak flag Slovak: (polo)drahokam Slovenian flag Slovenian: drag kamen Serbian flag Serbian: dragi kamen
Swedish flag Swedish: ädelsten Thai flag Thai: เพชรพลอย Turkish flag Turkish: kıymetli taş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 寶石或半寶石(尤指原石) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: коштовний камінь Urdu flag Urdu: قیمتی پتھر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đá quý Chinese flag Chinese: 经雕琢的宝石

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