ruby

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/ˈɹuː.bi/

noun 7name 5adj 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

dear, gold, important, large, red

She wore a large ruby ring that had belonged to her grandmother.

VERB + RUBY

colour, dared, dazzled, heads, listening, make, prefer

The sunset dazzled us with deep ruby light across the ocean horizon.

RUBY + NOUN

diamond, drapes, emerald, gillis, gown, husband, i'm, joshua

She wore a ruby gown to the wedding and looked absolutely stunning.

PREP.

from, in, on

She wore a ruby on her wedding ring that had been passed down for generations.

ADV.

such

Her lips were painted such a deep ruby red that everyone noticed her at the party.

Definitions

noun

A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.

Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

A deep red colour.

When now I thinke you can behold such sights, / And keepe the naturall Rubie of your Cheekes, / When mine is blanch'd with feare.

The tincture red or gules.

Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz.

The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. [...] Checkie Topaz and Saphire, a Fesse within a Bordure Ruby, by the Name of Clifford.

A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.

A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.

adj

Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.

verb

To make red; to redden.

With sanguine drops the walls are rubied

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a deep and vivid red color

crimson

adjective — of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)

red
reddish
ruddy
blood-red
carmine
cerise
cherry
cherry-red

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ruby slippers

A valuable feature (of software, etc.) overlooked by the user.

Example Bank

They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.

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Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite,

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When now I thinke you can behold such sights, / And keepe the naturall Rubie of your Cheekes, / When mine is blanch'd with feare.

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With sanguine drops the walls are rubied

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Ruby, my dear / Hold back that tear / I know he's gone / Your love has flown

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And those are her two daughters, Opal and Ruby. Her husband, Joshua, named them. He said they were to be the jewels of his old age. She would never have thought of names like that. There wasn't an oun

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ruby is marked as slang, poetic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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