Complete Definition of "garnet"

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English
Image:Mineral Granate GDFL047.jpg|thumb|Garnet (1)

Etymology
Middle English granate from Old French grenate from grenat - pomegranate red.

Noun
garnet

  1. mineralogy Hard transparent minerals that are often used as gemstones and abrasives.
  2. color A dark red.

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Quotations
1922, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Jacob's Room|Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 127

Translations
trans-top|gem
Estonian: granaadid
Finnish: granaatti
German: Granat m
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (g�netto)
Russian: г�ана� (granát) m
Spanish: granate
trans-bottom

trans-top|colour
Finnish: tummanpunainen, granaatti|granaatin värinen
trans-mid
Japanese: ������ (g�nettoshoku)
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Adjective
garnet

  1. color of a dark red colour.

Derived terms
garnetiferous
garnierite
gooseberry garnet
YAG

See also
top3
almandine
andradite
carbuncle
cinnamon stone
Colorado ruby
demantoid
mid3
essonite
grossularite
hessonite
melanite
pyrope
mid3
rhodolite
spessartine
topazolite
uvarovite
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours


Norwegian

Noun
garnet

  1. Definite form of garn

#:Hun brukte det røde garnet i strikketøyet.

Category:Norwegian nouns
Category:Colors
Category:Reds
Category:Gems
Category:Birthstones

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