one of the four suits in an ordinary pack of cards bearing red lozenge-shapes symbols
Diamonds are trumps.
Examples of 'diamonds' in a sentence
diamonds
They switched identical briefcases and parted, Lazard now with the diamonds.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
A total of one hundred million dollars to be paid in uncut diamonds.
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (2002)
Which was how we persuaded him there'd be cash and diamonds coming today.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
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All related terms of 'diamonds'
diamond
A diamond is a hard, bright , precious stone which is clear and colourless. Diamonds are used in jewellery and for cutting very hard substances .
Hope diamond
a sapphire-blue Indian diamond , the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels : now in the Smithsonian Institution
rose diamond
a diamond , one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
black diamond
→ coal (sense 1 )
blood diamond
a diamond sold to help finance a military campaign
conflict diamond
a diamond sold to help finance a military campaign
false diamond
any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond , such as zircon and white topaz
rough diamond
an unpolished diamond
industrial diamond
a small often synthetic diamond , valueless as a gemstone , used in cutting tools, abrasives , etc