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star sapphires

star sapphires is the plural of star sapphire.

Meaning of star sapphire

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

Questions about star sapphires

What is star sapphires the plural of?
Star sapphires is the plural of star sapphire.

Words near star sapphires in the dictionary

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

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