agate

noun

ag·ate ˈa-gət How to pronounce agate (audio)

often attributive

: a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged in stripes, blended in clouds, or showing mosslike forms

: something made of or fitted with agate: such as

: a drawplate used by gold-wire drawers

: a playing marble of agate

: a size of type approximately 5¹/₂ point

: condensed information (such as advertisements or box scores) set especially in agate type

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Marble, stone and hardwood floors are found throughout, and the blue-agate bar is a true showstopper.

Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 June 2022 Made with a glossy blue agate, every bracelet is unique in color intensity, size and shape.

Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2022 But cheese on a patchwork agate platter is even better.

ELLE, 19 July 2022 Among them was an agate, diamond and sapphire zebra brooch that sold for $554,400, totally smashing its $70,000 high estimate.

Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 9 June 2022 The primary bathroom features a steam shower, rain shower and stunning natural agate gemstone countertops and a bench.

Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2022 But right then, in that moment, the 40-something poet, journalist and simmering social radical was trapped in a luxury car with the corporate squares, a beetle in cooling agate.

Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2022 Nothing outside of race results buried in small type on the agate page.

Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2022 Each bag is made using centuries-old techniques unique to each tanner‚ including polishing the leather with an agate stone as a glazing process.

Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English achates, accate, agaten, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French achate, agathe, borrowed from Latin achātēs, borrowed from Greek achā́tēs, of uncertain origin

Note: According to Theophrastus and Pliny, the stone was named after a river in Sicily. Modern etymologists seem disinclined to believe this and suggest that the river was named after the stone. The voiced stop in the medieval French forms, which has become the dominant form in Modern French and English, begins to appear in Medieval Latin, and may be owed to Medieval Latin agapis, a word of obscure origin used for both the agate and lapis lazuli; it has been suggested that agapis is itself a distortion of achates (crossed with Latin lapis "stone"?), though this is far from clear.

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	agate
释义	agate noun ag·ate ˈa-gət often attributive 1 : a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged in stripes, blended in clouds, or showing mosslike forms 2 : something made of or fitted with agate: such as a : a drawplate used by gold-wire drawers b : a playing marble of agate 3 a : a size of type approximately 5¹/₂ point b : condensed information (such as advertisements or box scores) set especially in agate type Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Marble, stone and hardwood floors are found throughout, and the blue-agate bar is a true showstopper. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 June 2022 Made with a glossy blue agate, every bracelet is unique in color intensity, size and shape. Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2022 But cheese on a patchwork agate platter is even better. ELLE, 19 July 2022 Among them was an agate, diamond and sapphire zebra brooch that sold for $554,400, totally smashing its $70,000 high estimate. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 9 June 2022 The primary bathroom features a steam shower, rain shower and stunning natural agate gemstone countertops and a bench. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2022 But right then, in that moment, the 40-something poet, journalist and simmering social radical was trapped in a luxury car with the corporate squares, a beetle in cooling agate. Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2022 Nothing outside of race results buried in small type on the agate page. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2022 Each bag is made using centuries-old techniques unique to each tanner‚ including polishing the leather with an agate stone as a glazing process. Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Apr. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English achates, accate, agaten, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French achate, agathe, borrowed from Latin achātēs, borrowed from Greek achā́tēs, of uncertain origin Note: According to Theophrastus and Pliny, the stone was named after a river in Sicily. Modern etymologists seem disinclined to believe this and suggest that the river was named after the stone. The voiced stop in the medieval French forms, which has become the dominant form in Modern French and English, begins to appear in Medieval Latin, and may be owed to Medieval Latin agapis, a word of obscure origin used for both the agate and lapis lazuli; it has been suggested that agapis is itself a distortion of achates (crossed with Latin lapis "stone"?), though this is far from clear. First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing agate agate ware moss agate agate line agate ware moss agate agate line Kids Definition agate noun ag·ate ˈa-gət : a mineral that is a form of quartz with colors arranged in stripes or patches and that is used especially in jewelry
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agate

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Phrases Containing agate

Kids Definition

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