SAPPHIRE
\sˈafa͡ɪ͡ə], \sˈafaɪə], \s_ˈa_f_aɪə]\
Definitions of SAPPHIRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a light shade of blue
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a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
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a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
By Princeton University
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a light shade of blue
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a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
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a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
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The color of the gem; bright blue.
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Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.
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Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
By Oddity Software
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Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
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The color of the gem; bright blue.
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Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.
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Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
By Noah Webster.
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An oxide of aluminum, occurring in nature as various minerals such as bauxite, corundum, etc. It is used as an adsorbent, desiccating agent, and catalyst, and in the manufacture of dental cements and refractories.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic] Fare, crystallized alumina, a precious stone next in hardness to the diamond, used in jewellery, of several colours, as crimson or carmine red; ruby;- violet or purple, amethyst;-yellow, topaz;-green, emerald; and blue, sapphire proper.