garnet
Collocations
4ADJ.
common, polished, precious, under
VERB + GARNET
buy, including, using
GARNET + NOUN
brooch, inlaid, lower-deck, mineral, term
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
adj
Of a dark red colour.
noun
A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.
Using a garnet for the lower-deck guns on the lower deck: Lash the centre of the yard to the mast, and hook both burtons to support the yard.
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6How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.
WiktionaryAlthough there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet,
WiktionaryUsing a garnet for the lower-deck guns on the lower deck: Lash the centre of the yard to the mast, and hook both burtons to support the yard.
WiktionaryMommy, I want you to buy me a garnet!
Tatoeba · #510288"Garnet" is a name applied to a group of closely-related minerals, many of which are used as gemstones.
Tatoeba · #12351515The garnet was included, with other red stones, by Theophrastus, under the name of ἄνθραξ, while the common garnet seems to have been his ἀνθράκιον.
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