diamond

di·a·mond  (d-mnd, dmnd)

n.

1. An extremely hard, highly refractive crystalline form of carbon that is usually colorless and is used as a gemstone and in abrasives, cutting tools, and other applications.

2. A piece of jewelry containing such a gemstone.

3. A figure with four equal sides forming two inner obtuse angles and two inner acute angles; a rhombus or lozenge.

4. Games

a. A red, lozenge-shaped figure on certain playing cards.

b. A playing card with this figure.

c. diamonds (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

5. Baseball

a. An infield.

b. The whole playing field.

adj.

Of or relating to a 60th or 75th anniversary.

tr.v. di·a·mond·ed, di·a·mond·ing, di·a·monds

To adorn with or as if with diamonds.

Idiom:

diamond in the rough

One having exceptionally good qualities or the potential for greatness but lacking polish and refinement.

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[Middle English diamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin diams-, diamant-, alteration of Latin adams; see adamant.]

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diamond

Noun

1. a usually colourless exceptionally hard precious stone of crystallized carbon

2. Geom a figure with four sides of equal length forming two acute and two obtuse angles

3. a playing card marked with one or more red diamond-shaped symbols

4. Baseball the playing field

Adjective

(of an anniversary) the sixtieth: diamond wedding [Latin adamas the hardest iron or steel, diamond]

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diamond  (d-mnd)

A form of pure carbon that occurs naturally as a clear, cubic crystal and is the hardest of all known minerals. It often occurs as octahedrons with rounded edges and curved surfaces. Diamond forms under conditions of extreme temperature and pressure and is most commonly found in volcanic breccias and in alluvial deposits. Poorly formed diamonds are used in abrasives and in industrial cutting tools.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	diamond - a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem jewel, precious stone, gem - a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry sparkler, ice - diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!"
	2.	diamond - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem adamant atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds black diamond, carbonado - an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing transparent gem - a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion
	3.	diamond - a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram rhomb, rhombus parallelogram - a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length
	4.	diamond - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps" minor suit - ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
	5.	diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate baseball diamond, infield baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" ball field, baseball field, diamond - the baseball playing field bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat mound, pitcher's mound, hill - (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands short - the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	6.	diamond - the baseball playing field ball field, baseball field ballpark, park - a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark" baseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate box - any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box" outfield - the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases athletic field, playing area, playing field, field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" foul line - lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field

Translations

diamond [ˈdaɪəmənd] n → diamante m;

diamonds npl (CARDS) → diamantes mpl

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diamond [ˈdaɪəmənd] n → diamant m (= shape); losange m;

diamonds npl (Cards) → carreau m

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diamond [ˈdaɪəmənd] n → Diamant m;

(shape) → Raute f;

diamonds npl (Cards) → Karo nt

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diamond [ˈdaɪəmənd] n → diamante m;

(shape) → rombo;

diamonds npl (CARDS) → quadri mpl