jewel

Definitions


[ˈdʒuː(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a precious stone, typically a single crystal or piece of a hard lustrous or translucent mineral cut into shape with flat facets or smoothed and polished for use as an ornament


Phrases:
- the jewel in the crown

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French joel, from jeu ‘game, play’, from Latin jocus ‘jest’




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