rhinestone
/ˈrʌɪnstəʊn
/noun
An imitation diamond, used in cheap jewellery and to decorate clothes: a canary-yellow suit studded with rhinestones [as modifier]: rhinestone earrings...
- She was decked out in a pair of expensive jeans with artfully studded rhinestones, an off-the-shoulder shirt in pale pink, heels that I'd never before seen in her closet, and stunning, yet simple jewelry.
- The crossbones are oversized, and the whole thing's studded with rhinestones - except the skull's eyes, each of which is a black plastic gem of some sort.
- The white satin dress is made from almost 300 feet of material, and embroidered with 1,500 crystal rhinestones and pearls.
Origin
Late 19th century: translating French caillou du Rhin, literally 'pebble of the Rhine'.
Rhymes
- Hottentot bread
- Hottentot cherry
- Hottentotese
- Hottentot fig
- Hottentot god
- Hottentotish
- Hottentotism
- Hottentot pie
- Hottentot's bean
- Hottentot's bread
- Hottentot's cherry
- Hottentot's god
- Hottentot's head
- Hottentot's tea
- Hottentot tea
- Hottentottish
- hotter
- hot ticket
- hottie
- hotting
- hotting-up
- hot tip
- hottish
- hot top
- hot to trot