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table diamond

table diamond noun: a relatively flat diamond cut with a large rectangular face and four shallow slightly sloping sides.

table diamond: a relatively flat diamond cut with a large rectangular face and four shallow slightly sloping sides
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Noun

table diamond (plural table diamonds)

  1. A relatively flat diamond cut with a large rectangular face and four shallow slightly sloping sides.
    • And I do humbly beseech my said most dearest lord and husband to accept of my bequest and to keep for a memory of me one jewel, being a table diamond which the emperor's majesty, his and my most honourable father, sent unto me1558, Mary Tudor, Will of Queen Mary I of England
    • This was also new made against the Coronation of King Charles II. and was worn by the King in his return to Westminster-hall : it is exceedingly rich, being embellished with divers large rose, or faucet, and table diamonds, and other precious stones, besides a great quantity of pearls; but it is...1820, Edward Holt, The Public and Domestic Life of His Late, Most Gracious Majesty

Forms of table diamond

pluraltable diamonds
alternative formtable-diamond

Origin of table diamond

From Middle English table dyamond.

Questions about table diamond

What does table diamond mean?
Table diamond means a relatively flat diamond cut with a large rectangular face and four shallow slightly sloping sides.
What part of speech is table diamond?
Table diamond is a noun.
What is the plural of table diamond?
The plural of table diamond is table diamonds.

Words near table diamond in the dictionary

  1. table dancers
  2. table dances
  3. table dancing
  4. table decoration
  5. table decorations
  6. table diamond
  7. table diamonds
  8. table drain
  9. table drains
  10. table drink
  11. table drinks

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