ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cairngorm

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cairngorm is a noun meaning A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.

Meaning

A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.

Example Sentences

And then he led away the talk to their home in Devonshire, and the red, bright earth, and the deep-green combes, and the peat streams like cairngorm pebbles, and the wild moor with its high, cloudy tors for a giant background to the picture[…].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cairngorum, cairn, croggan, sgurr, uruisg, cairns.

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