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garnet
(gɑːʳnɪt)
Word forms: plural garnets
countable noun
A garnet is a hard, shiny stone that is used in making jewellery. Garnets can be red, yellow, or green in colour.
garnet in British English 1
(ˈɡɑːnɪt)
noun
any of a group of hard glassy red, yellow, or green minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, manganese, chromium, magnesium, and aluminium in cubic crystalline form: used as a gemstone and abrasive. Formula: A3B2(SiO4)3 where A is a divalent metal and B is a trivalent metal
Derived forms
garnet-like (ˈgarnet-ˌlike) adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French grenat, from grenat (adj) red, from pome grenate pomegranategarnet in British English 2
(ˈɡɑːnɪt)
noun
nautical
a tackle used for lifting cargo
Word origin
C15: probably from Middle Dutch garnaatgarnet in American English 1
(ˈgɑrnɪt)
noun
1.
any of a group of very hard silicate minerals having the general formula A3B2(SiO4)3, occurring chiefly as well-formed crystals in metamorphic rocks: red varieties are often used as gems, ordinary varieties as abrasives
see also Mohs scale (sense 2)2.
a deep red
3.
a single-crystal synthetic form used in lasers, electronics, etc.
Word origin
ME gernet < OFr grenat < ML granatus < granatum, garnet, lit., pomegranate < L (see pomegranate): from the resemblance in colorgarnet in American English 2
(ˈgɑrnɪt)
noun
Nautical
a hoisting tackle for loading cargo
Word origin
LME garnett, prob. < or akin to Du garnaatImage ofgarnet
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