fire opal
fire opal noun: any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.
Noun
fire opal (countable and uncountable, plural fire opals)
- Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.
- […] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 2
fire opal meaning in Tamil
fire opal in Tamil
- தீ வண்ண மணிக்கல்
Synonyms of fire opal
Forms of fire opal
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Questions about fire opal
- What does fire opal mean?
- Fire opal means any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.
- What is fire opal in Tamil?
- Fire opal in Tamil is தீ வண்ண மணிக்கல். See Fire opal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fire opal?
- Fire opal is a noun.
- What is the plural of fire opal?
- The plural of fire opal is fire opals.
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