diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/
ipa: /ˈdaɪ.mənd/
Forms: form: diamonds
Etymology: From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700; compare pearl, ruby (“size of type between pearl and nonpareil”).
Senses: examples: text: The saw is coated with diamond.
text: synthetic diamond
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.
text: 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.
ref: 2012 March 24, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
text: she is wearing small diamond studs in her earlobes. the kind u wear if u’re a modest person & u don’t want to wear anything that could catch on stuff, or be a health risk in a hospital – but u’re still someone who cares.
ref: 2017, Nick Lake, Satellite, London: Hodder Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 259:
synonyms: sparkler
glosses: A gemstone made from this mineral.
examples: text: What a beautiful engagement diamond.
glosses: A diamond ring.
glosses: A very pale blue color.
examples: text: Elphingston. Pearl a Chevron Diamond between three Boars Heads Eraz'd Ruby, arm'd of the first. / Eymouth. Diamond a Lyon Rampant Pearl, on a Canton of the 2d, a Cross Ruby.
ref: 1720, Francis Nichols, Rudiments of Honour, page 296:
text: The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. The Armes of the most Noble and Puissant Lord, Edward Brabazon, Earl of Meath, and Baron of Atherdee in the Kingdom of Ireland. His Lordship's Atchievements are Quarterly of sixteen Coats. 1. Brabazon, as above. 2. Diamond, on a Chevron between three Pickaxes Pearl, as many Mullets Ruby, by the Name of Mosley. 3. Saphire, ten Bezants, 4, 3, 2, 1, by the Bisset.
ref: 1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd; Or, an Abridgment of Guillim, page 504:
text: Pearl, an Eagle, Diamond, between three Crosses Patee, Ruby, for Morrys.
ref: 1754, John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ..., page 71:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
synonyms: adamant
glosses: Something that resembles a diamond.
examples: text: An adder writhes out of the bush, I can see the diamonds on its back; it shrithes across the sandy soil, and bites the right foot of one of the knights.
ref: 2003, Kevin Crossley-Holland, “The Most Bitter Day”, in King of the Middle March (Arthur; 3), London: Orion Children's Books, →ISBN; 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Inc., 2004 October, →ISBN, page 349:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: lozenge
rhomb
glosses: A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: 2-iamond
glosses: The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: ball field
baseball field
glosses: The entire field of play used in the game.
examples: text: The teams met on the diamond.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: baseball diamond
infield
antonyms: outfield
glosses: The infield of a baseball field.
examples: text: I have only one diamond in my hand.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card of the diamonds suit.
glosses: A town square.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4+¹⁄₂-point.
Derived terms: word: accent diamond
word: adamantine
word: Alençon diamond
word: American diamond
word: baseball diamond
word: black diamond
word: blood diamond
word: blue diamond impatiens
word: Bristol diamond
word: chocolate diamond
word: conflict diamond
word: Cornish diamond
word: deadly diamond of death
word: diamond accent
word: diamond anniversary
word: diamond anvil cell
word: diamondback
taxonomic: Plutella xylostella
word: diamondback moth
word: diamond ball
taxonomic: Chrysolopus spectabilis
word: diamond beetle
taxonomic: Pardalotus punctatus
word: diamond bird
word: diamond bracket
word: diamond carry
word: diamond cross
word: diamond crossing
word: diamond crossover
word: diamond cut diamond
word: diamond cutter
taxonomic: Geopelia cuneata
word: diamond dove
word: diamond duck
word: diamond dust
taxonomic: Stagonopleura guttata
word: diamond firetail
word: diamond frame
word: diamond geezer
word: diamond graph
taxonomic: Calamagrostis brachyathera
word: diamond grass
word: diamond hands
word: Diamond Head
word: diamondiferous
word: diamond in the rough
word: diamondize
word: diamond jubilee
word: diamond junction
word: Diamond Lake
word: diamond lane
word: diamondless
word: diamondlike
word: diamond marimba
word: diamond mortar
alt: Planiliza alata
word: diamond mullet
word: diamond number
word: diamondoid
word: diamond open access
word: diamond paste
word: diamond planet
word: diamond plate
word: diamond poem
word: diamond problem
taxonomic: Morelia spilota spilota
word: diamond python
word: diamond ring effect
word: diamonds are a girl's best friend
word: diamonds are forever
word: diamond saw
word: diamond-shaped
word: diamond-square algorithm
word: diamond sturgeon
alt: Hypsopsetta guttulata
word: diamond turbot
word: diamond turning
word: diamond twill
word: Diamond Valley
word: diamond-water paradox
word: diamond wedding
word: diamond wheel
taxonomic: Salix spp.
word: diamond willow
word: diamondwise
word: double black diamond
word: dreaded diamond
word: fire diamond
word: histodiamond
word: hyperdiamond
word: industrial diamond
word: Irish diamond
word: Killiecrankie diamond
word: Mach diamond
word: Matura diamond
word: nanodiamond
word: nondiamond
word: pink diamond
word: poor man's diamond
word: pressure makes diamonds
word: rose diamond
word: rough diamond
word: shock diamond
word: table diamond
word: table-diamond
word: thrust diamond
word: tidal diamond
Related terms: demantoid
diamantine
argyle
carbonado
diamante
paragon
shlenter
rhinestone
brifka