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garnet

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/

garnet noun: a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

garnet: a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives
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Noun (1)

garnet (countable and uncountable, plural garnets)

  1. A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
    • On the back of one cover BRADSHAW, in beryls, was encrusted; on the back of the other, A.B.C. GUIDE, in amethysts, beryls, chrysoprases, and garnets.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson
    • How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, page 127
  2. A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

Adjective

garnet

  1. Of a dark red colour.

Noun (2)

garnet (plural garnets)

  1. 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.1893, Charles Bushell, The Rigger's Guide and Seaman's Assistant

Verb

garnet (third-person singular simple present garnets, present participle garneting, simple past and past participle garneted)

  1. (transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.

Proper noun capitalized: Garnet

Garnet

  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.
  6. (slang) The ship of characters Ruby and Sapphire from the Steven Universe series, who combine to create the character Garnet.
    Synonyms:
    Rupphire

garnet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

garnet in Hindi

mineral
याक़ूत yāqūt, याकूत yākūt, गोमेद gomed, गोमेधक gomedhak, गोमेदक gomedak

garnet in Tamil

mineral
கோமேதகம் kōmētakam

garnet in Marathi

गार्नेट, गारनेट, गार्नेट करणे

garnet in Urdu

mineral
یاقوت yāqūt
More languagesFewer languages
garnet in Bengali
তামড়ি tamṛi
garnet in Telugu
గార్నెట్, గార్నేట్, గార్నెట్కు
garnet in Malayalam
ഗാർനെറ്റ്, ഗർണറ്റ്
garnet in Kannada
ಗಾರ್ನೆಟ್, ಗಾರ್ನೆಟ್ ಮಾಡಲು, ಗಾರ್ನೆಟ್ಗೆ
garnet in Punjabi
ਗਾਰਨੇਟ, ਗਾਰਨੈੱਟ
garnet in Gujarati
ગાર્નેટ, ગારનેટ
garnet in Odia
ଗାର୍ନେଟ୍, ଗାର୍ନେଟ, ଗାର୍ନେଟ୍ କରିବା
garnet in Nepali
गार्नेट, गारनेट, गार्नेट गर्न
garnet in Tagalog
granate
garnet in Arabic
بِجَادِيّ bijādiyy
garnet in Persian
بیجادهگون bijâde-gun, بیجاده bijâde
garnet in Thai
โกเมน kōmēn
garnet in Myanmar
ဂေါ်မိတ် gaumit

Examples of garnet in a sentence

  • The blocks include rare omphacite metagabbros and garnet–epidote blueschists in the Wanjung and Juisui (Tamayen) areas, respectively.
  • “Whatever are ye lookin' at, Neil?” his mother demanded, looking up from fastening her favorite garnet brooch.
  • The rings were golden Claddaghs with a garnet in the center.

All 14 example sentences with garnet

Synonyms of garnet

Forms of garnet

Noun
pluralgarnets
Verb
third-person singular presentgarnets
present participlegarneting
past participlegarneted
pastgarneted

Plural of garnet: garnets

Origin of garnet

From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.

Named after the garnet gemstone.

Words formed from garnet

Phrases with garnet

Questions about garnet

What does garnet mean?
Garnet means a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
What is garnet in Hindi?
Garnet in Hindi is याक़ूत (yāqūt), याकूत (yākūt), गोमेद (gomed). See Garnet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is garnet?
Garnet can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce garnet?
Garnet is pronounced /ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/ (UK).
What is the plural of garnet?
The plural of garnet is garnets.

Words near garnet in the dictionary

  1. garnering up
  2. garnerings
  3. garners
  4. garners up
  5. Garnes
  6. garnet
  7. garnet brown
  8. garnet browns
  9. Garnet Star
  10. garnet yam
  11. garnet yams

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: garnet (page history and authors); Garnet (page history and authors); garnet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); garnet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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