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garnets

garnets is the plural of garnet.

Meaning of garnet

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
  2. A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

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

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Noun

garnets (plural garnets)

  1. (historical) An old Russian dry measure, approximately 3.28 litres.

Forms of garnets

pluralgarnets

Origin of garnets

Borrowed from Russian га́рнец (gárnec).

Phrases with garnets

Questions about garnets

What does garnets mean?
Garnets means an old Russian dry measure, approximately 3.28 litres.
What is garnets the plural of?
Garnets is the plural of garnet.
What part of speech is garnets?
Garnets is a noun.
What is the plural of garnets?
The plural of garnets is garnets.

Words near garnets in the dictionary

  1. garnetite
  2. garnetites
  3. garnetohedra
  4. garnetohedral
  5. garnetohedron
  6. garnets
  7. garnett
  8. garnetted
  9. garnetter
  10. garnetters
  11. garnetting

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