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ALL meanings of diamond

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  • variable noun diamond A diamond is a hard, bright, precious stone which is clear and colourless. Diamonds are used in jewellery and for cutting very hard substances. 3
  • noun plural diamond Diamonds are jewellery such as necklaces and rings which have diamonds set into them. 3
  • countable noun diamond A diamond is a shape with four straight sides of equal length where the opposite angles are the same, but none of the angles is equal to 90°: ♦. 3
  • uncountable noun diamond Diamonds is one of the four suits of cards in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more red symbols in the shape of a diamond. 3
  • uncountable noun diamond A diamond is a playing card of this suit. 3
  • countable noun diamond In baseball, the diamond is the diamond-shaped area of the playing field between the four bases. 3
  • noun diamond 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 3
  • noun diamond (as modifier) 3
  • noun diamond a figure having four sides of equal length forming two acute angles and two obtuse angles; rhombus 3
  • noun diamond rhombic 3
  • noun diamond a red lozenge-shaped symbol on a playing card 3
  • noun diamond a card with one or more of these symbols or (when plural) the suit of cards so marked 3
  • noun diamond the whole playing field 3
  • noun diamond the square formed by the four bases 3
  • noun diamond (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 41⁄2 point 3
  • verb diamond to decorate with or as with diamonds 3
  • noun diamond 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. 3
  • noun diamond a gem or other piece cut from this mineral 3
  • noun diamond a lozenge-shaped plane figure (♦) 3
  • noun diamond any of a suit of playing cards marked with such figures in red 3
  • noun diamond this suit of cards 3
  • noun diamond the infield 3
  • adjective diamond of, like, or set with a diamond or diamonds 3
  • adjective diamond marking or celebrating the 60th, or sometimes 75th, year 3
  • verb transitive diamond to adorn with or as with diamonds 3
  • noun Definition of diamond in Technology One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). (cf. Brilliant, Nonpareil, Pearl[3], Ruby[2]). 1
  • noun diamond A precious stone consisting of a clear and typically colorless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance. 1
  • noun diamond Neil, born 1941, U.S. singer and songwriter. 1
  • noun diamond Cape, a hill in Canada, in S Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. 1
  • adjective diamond made of or set with a diamond or diamonds. 1
  • adjective diamond having the shape of a diamond: a dress with a diamond print. 1
  • adjective diamond indicating the 75th, or sometimes the 60th, event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. 1
  • verb with object diamond to adorn with or as if with diamonds. 1
  • idioms diamond diamond in the rough, a person of fine character but lacking refined manners or graces. 1
  • noun diamond crystal 1
  • noun diamond shape 1
  • noun diamond card 1
  • noun diamond jewellery 1
  • noun diamond baseball field 1
  • noun diamond card suit 1
  • noun diamond (Uncountable Noun) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. 0
  • noun diamond A gemstone made from this mineral. 0
  • noun diamond A ring containing a diamond. 0
  • noun diamond A very pale blue color/colour. 0
  • noun diamond Something that resembles a diamond. 0
  • noun diamond (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical. 0
  • noun diamond (geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles. 0
  • noun diamond (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game. 0
  • noun diamond (baseball) The infield of a baseball field. 0
  • noun diamond (card games) A card of the diamonds suit. 0
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