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1. diamond
noun. ['ˈdaɪmənd'] a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- diamant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- diamas (Latin)
Rhymes with Diamond
- dymond
- dimond
How do you pronounce diamond?
Pronounce diamond as ˈdaɪmənd.
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Sentences with diamond
1. Noun, singular or mass
Tie the diamond's front corner to one length of rope, the back corner to the other.
Quotes about diamond
1. If there is no love in the world, we will make a new world, and we will give it walls, and we will furnish it with soft, red interiors, from the inside out, and give it a knocker that resonates like a diamond falling to a jeweller's felt so that we should never hear it. Love me, because love doesn't exist, and I have tried everything that does.
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
2. The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
- Daniel Defoe
3. In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
- Malala Yousafzai
2. diamond
noun. ['ˈdaɪmənd'] very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.
Antonyms
Etymology
- diamant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- diamas (Latin)
3. diamond
noun. ['ˈdaɪmənd'] a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- diamant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- diamas (Latin)
4. diamond
noun. ['ˈdaɪmənd'] the baseball playing field.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- diamant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- diamas (Latin)
5. diamond
noun. ['ˈdaɪmənd'] the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- diamant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- diamas (Latin)
6. diamond
noun. ['ˈdaɪmənd'] a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- diamant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- diamas (Latin)