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diamond

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1. diamond - Noun

2. diamond - Adjective

3. diamond - Verb

4. Diamond - Proper noun

Meaning

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.

The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.

The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever. Horace Mann

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Joseph Roux

A diamond shines even in the mud. Turkish Proverb

A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber. Hindi Proverb

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections. Chinese Proverb

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