beryl in British English
(ˈbɛrɪl)
noun
a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
Derived forms
beryline (ˈberyline) adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French, from Latin bēryllus, from Greek bērullos, of Indic originBeryl in American English
(bɜrl)
noun
a feminine name
Word origin
< beryl, with ref. to gemsberyl in American English
(ˈbɛrəl)
noun
a very hard, lustrous, hexagonal mineral, Be3Al2Si6O18, that is an ore of beryllium; beryllium aluminum silicate: emerald and aquamarine are two gem varieties of beryl
Word origin
ME & OFr beril < L beryllus < Gr bēryllos, sea-green gem < Prakrit veruliya < veḷuriya, of Dravidian orig., prob. after Vēlūr (now Bēlūr), city in S IndiaImage ofberyl
© S_E, shutterstock
Examples of 'beryl' in a sentenceberyl
Word lists withberyl
gem, mineral- blandly
- blandness
- bland out
- blank
- blank cartridge
- blank check
- blank cheque
- blank-cheque
- blank endorsement
- blanket
- blanket bath
- blanket bog
- blanket coverage
- blanket finish
- blanketflower
- blanketlike
- blanket roll
- blanket stitch
- blanketweed
- blankety
- blankety-blank
- blankly
- blankness
- blank out
- blank screen