garnet
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/
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Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
Noun
editgarnet (countable and uncountable, plural garnets)
- (mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, page 127:
- How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.
- 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
- Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
- A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
- garnet:
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editmineral
Adjective
editgarnet
- Of a dark red colour.
See also
edit- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editgarnet (plural garnets)
- (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.[1]
- 1893, Charles Bushell, The Rigger's Guide and Seaman's Assistant:
- Using a garnet for the lower-deck guns on the lower deck: Lash the centre of the yard to the mast, and hook both burtons to support the yard.
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editEtymology 3
editVerb
editgarnet (third-person singular simple present garnets, present participle garneting, simple past and past participle garneted)
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editReferences
edit- ^ “garnet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editEtymology
editFrom English garnet, from Middle English granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: gar‧net
Noun
editgarnet
- (mineralogy) a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives
- a dark red color, like that of the gemstone
Adjective
editgarnet
- of a dark red colour
Danish
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