diamond - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'diamond' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Diamond

[ a.]

- Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

2 . Diamond

[ n.]

- A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
- A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
- One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
- A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
- The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
- The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

Meaning of 'diamond' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . diamond

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

Example in sentence:

diamonds were trumps;
he led a small diamond

Nearby Words:

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