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cabochon

/ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/

cabochon noun: a precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.

cabochon: a precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets
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Noun

cabochon (plural cabochons)

  1. (attributive) A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
    • Thecla was […] stroking a bracelet formed like a kraken, a kraken whose tentacles wrapped the white flesh of her arm; its eyes were cabochon emeralds.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter VIII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 81

Forms of cabochon

pluralcabochons

Origin of cabochon

Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).

Questions about cabochon

What does cabochon mean?
Cabochon means a precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
What part of speech is cabochon?
Cabochon is a noun.
How do you pronounce cabochon?
Cabochon is pronounced /ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/.
What is the plural of cabochon?
The plural of cabochon is cabochons.

Words near cabochon in the dictionary

  1. caboc
  2. caboceer
  3. caboceers
  4. caboched
  5. Cabochien
  6. cabochon
  7. cabochons
  8. caboclo
  9. caboclos
  10. cabomba
  11. cabombaceous

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