Garnet

Quick meaning: Garnet is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

Meaning

(mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

More Meanings

1. A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
2. Of a dark red colour.
3. (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.
4. (transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.

Example Sentences

How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.

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.

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.)

Word Forms

• garnets
• garneting
• garneted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pyrope, almandine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, amphibolite, peridotite.

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