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TURQUOISE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shade of blue tinged with green

Synonyms:

aqua; aquamarine; cobalt blue; greenish blue; peacock blue; turquoise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("turquoise" is a kind of...):

blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate

Example:

blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("turquoise" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

opaque gem (a gemstone that is opaque)

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