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SAPPHIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light shade of blue
Synonyms:
azure; cerulean; lazuline; sapphire; sky-blue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sapphire" is a kind of...):
blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)
Derivation:
sapphire (of something having the color of a blue sapphire)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("sapphire" is a kind of...):
gem; jewel; precious stone (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sapphire" is a kind of...):
corundom; corundum (very hard mineral used as an abrasive)
transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sapphire"):
star sapphire (a sapphire that when cut shows a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of something having the color of a blue sapphire
Example:
sapphire eyes
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
sapphire (a light shade of blue)
