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rhinestone

/ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/

rhinestone noun: a diamond simulant, strass.

Noun

rhinestone (plural rhinestones)

  1. A diamond simulant, strass.
    • Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.
    Synonyms:
    strass

Adjective

rhinestone (not comparable)

  1. Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.
    • Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs.
    • I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower / That you made with plastic power / Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away2010, “Rhinestone Eyes”, in Plastic Beach, performed by Gorillaz

Verb

rhinestone (third-person singular simple present rhinestones, present participle rhinestoning, simple past and past participle rhinestoned)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with rhinestones.

rhinestone meaning in Tamil and Bengali

rhinestone in Tamil

படிகக்கல்

rhinestone in Bengali

হীরা অনুকরণকারী, স্ট্রাস, রাইনস্টোন দিয়ে তৈরি, খচিত, রাইনস্টোন দিয়ে সাজানো

Synonyms of rhinestone

Forms of rhinestone

Noun
pluralrhinestones
Verb
third-person singular presentrhinestones
present participlerhinestoning
past participlerhinestoned
pastrhinestoned

Plural of rhinestone: rhinestones

Origin of rhinestone

From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).

Words formed from rhinestone

Phrases with rhinestone

Questions about rhinestone

What does rhinestone mean?
Rhinestone means a diamond simulant, strass.
What is rhinestone in Tamil?
Rhinestone in Tamil is படிகக்கல். See Rhinestone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rhinestone?
Rhinestone can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce rhinestone?
Rhinestone is pronounced /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of rhinestone?
The plural of rhinestone is rhinestones.

Words near rhinestone in the dictionary

  1. rhinencephalous
  2. rhinencephaly
  3. rhines
  4. Rhinesmith
  5. Rhinesmiths
  6. rhinestone
  7. rhinestone cowboy
  8. rhinestone cowboys
  9. rhinestoned
  10. rhinestones
  11. rhinestoning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhinestone (page history and authors); rhinestone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rhinestone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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