Diamonds ˈdaɪəmənd Jewellery Noun Bre Ring Ring/Necklace Wearing

• a ring with a diamond in it
• a diamond ring/necklace
• she was wearing her diamonds (= jewellery with diamonds in it).
• the lights shone like diamonds.

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 rough diamond
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rough-diamond
• a ring with a diamond in it
• a diamond ring/necklace
• She was wearing her diamonds (= jewellery with diamonds in it).
• The lights shone like diamonds.
• an old woman dripping with diamonds
• earrings encrusted with diamonds
2. a shape with four straight sides of equal length and with angles that are not right angles
3. one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack / deck of cards. The cards are marked with red diamond shapes.
• See related entries: Card games
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/card_games/diamond_2
• the ten of diamonds
• Diamonds are/is trumps.
4. a card of this suit
• 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
• See related entries: Baseball
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/baseball/diamond_1

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’.