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star sapphire

star sapphire noun: a sapphire exhibiting asterism.

Noun

star sapphire (plural star sapphires)

  1. A sapphire exhibiting asterism.
    • But a great wonder of this chamber, and a marvel to behold, was how the capital of every one of the four-and-twenty pillars was hewn from a single precious stone, carved by the hand of some sculptor of long ago into the living form of a monster: […] there a star sapphire the colour of moonlight...1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3

Forms of star sapphire

pluralstar sapphires

Questions about star sapphire

What does star sapphire mean?
Star sapphire means a sapphire exhibiting asterism.
What part of speech is star sapphire?
Star sapphire is a noun.
What is the plural of star sapphire?
The plural of star sapphire is star sapphires.

Words near star sapphire in the dictionary

  1. star rot
  2. star route
  3. star routes
  4. star rubies
  5. star ruby
  6. star sapphire
  7. star sapphires
  8. star schema
  9. star schemas
  10. Star Scout
  11. Star Scouts

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