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[ em -er-uh ld, em -ruh ld ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛm ər əld, ˈɛm rəld / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a rare variety of beryl that is colored green by chromium and valued as a gem.
emerald green.
Printing . (in Britain) a 6½-point type of a size between nonpareil and minion.
Ornithology . any of numerous small bright green hummingbirds of the genus Chlorostilbon.
adjective having a clear, deep-green color.
Origin of emerald 1250–1300; Middle English
emeraude, emeralde <Anglo-French, Old French
esmeraude, esmeralde, esmeragde <Latin
smaragdus <Greek
smáragdos; probably ultimately <Semitic
b-r-q shine (≫ Sanskrit
marāk (
a )
la emerald)
Words nearby emerald Emelia, Emeline, emend, emendate, emendation, emerald , emerald cut, emerald green, Emerald Isle, emerald moth, emerge
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Example sentences from the Web for emerald You’ll see a big rockface, and it has gone from a light covering of green moss, to this dense emerald green.
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But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
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In April, the 19-year-old brunette in an emerald gown was crowned Miss Honduras.
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My first week in Tel Aviv was one meeting followed by another, affording little time to enjoy this emerald by the sea of a city.
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Diana found to have Irish ancestry - so will William, Kate and baby George now visit the Emerald Isle?
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Most notably is the Bulgari collar, part of Taylor's "Emerald Suite" collection, which sold for $6.5 million in 2011.
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The jasper of antiquity was in many cases distinctly green, for it is often compared with the emerald and other green objects.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3 | Various
One old Porsslanese official was standing there, a high mandarin of some sort, and he had an emerald necklace around his neck.
Captain Jinks, Hero | Ernest Crosby
How we came to know the history of the emerald is simple enough.
Barry Lyndon | William Makepeace Thackeray
His ancestors removed from the north of Scotland to the Emerald Isle.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll Judson
The sienna color of the water on the table contrasted sharply with the emerald at the break of the fall.
Their Pilgrimage | Charles Dudley Warner
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British Dictionary definitions for emerald noun a green transparent variety of beryl: highly valued as a gem
the clear green colour of an emerald (as adjective ) an emerald carpet (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 6 1 /2
short for emerald moth
Word Origin for emerald C13: from Old French esmeraude, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos; related to Sanskrit marakata emerald
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Words related to emerald beryl, forest, moss, olive, jade, sage, kelly, lime, verdigris, vert, viridian, bice, spinach, malachite, chartreuse
Scientific definitions for emerald A transparent, green form of the mineral beryl. It is valued as a gem.
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