diamond

Definitions


[ˈdʌɪmənd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a precious stone consisting of a clear and colourless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance
(e.g: a diamond ring)

- a figure with four straight sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite obtuse angles; a rhombus
(e.g: a sweater with a pale-blue diamond pattern)


Phrases:
- diamond cut diamond
- diamond in the rough

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French diamant, from medieval Latin diamas, diamant-, variant of Latin adamans (see adamant)




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