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Garnet
adj, name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of a dark red colour.
Proper Noun
- 1 A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States.
- 3 A ghost town in Granite County, Montana, United States.
- 4 An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
- 5 A female given name from French.
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- 6 The ship of characters Ruby and Sapphire from the Steven Universe series, who combine to create the character Garnet. slang
Noun
- 1 A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives. countable, uncountable
"How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch."
- 2 A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.
"Using a garnet for the lower-deck guns on the lower deck: Lash the centre of the yard to the mast, and hook both burtons to support the yard."
- 3 any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive wordnet
- 4 A dark red color, like that of the gemstone. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
Etymology 2
From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
Etymology 3
Named after the garnet gemstone.
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