Diamond ˈdaɪmənd Jewellery Noun Ring/Necklace Wearing Carat Mine

• a diamond ring/necklace
• she was wearing her diamonds (= jewellery with diamonds in it).
• a six carat diamond
• a diamond mine

diamond

1. a clear precious stone of pure carbon, the hardest substance known. Diamonds are used in jewellery and also in industry, especially for cutting glass.
• SEE ALSO black diamond
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• a diamond ring/necklace
• She was wearing her diamonds (= jewellery with diamonds in it).
• a six carat diamond
• a diamond mine
• The lights shone like diamonds.

Extra Examples

• an old woman dripping with diamonds
• earrings encrusted with diamonds
• a ring with a diamond in it
2. a shape with four straight sides of equal length and with angles that are not right angles
• a sweater with a diamond pattern
• The eight vehicles assumed a diamond formation.
3. one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards. The cards are marked with red diamond shapes.
• the ten of diamonds
• Diamonds are/is trumps.
4. one card from the suit called diamonds
• You must play a diamond if you have one.
5. the space inside the lines that connect the four bases; also used to mean the whole baseball field

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French diamant, from medieval Latin diamas, diamant-, variant of Latin adamans from Greek adamas, adamant-, ‘untameable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- ‘not’ + daman ‘to tame’.