emerald

Speech parts

1. emerald - Noun

2. emerald - Adjective

3. emerald - Verb

4. Emerald - Proper noun

Meaning

A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers.

Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.

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Examples

The jungle looked back at them with a vastness, a breathing moss-and-leaf silence, with a billion diamond and emerald insect eyes. Ray Bradbury

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City. L. Frank Baum

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour. Marcus Aurelius

The Scarecrow was now the ruler of the Emerald City, and although he was not a Wizard the people were proud of him. "For," they said, "there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man." And, so far as they knew, they were quite right. L. Frank Baum

To your utmost, listen to every beautiful song As though filling all the self with sound and melody One should plunge head-first into life As one dives from a cliff into the emerald sea. Ataol Behramoğlu

I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman! Powers Boothe

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