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tiger's eye

tiger's eye noun: a chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.

tiger's eye: a chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre
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Noun

tiger's eye (plural tiger's eyes)

  1. A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.
    • Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part I (The Wild Land), page 11

Forms of tiger's eye

pluraltiger's eyes
alternative formtiger's-eye
alternative formtiger eye
alternative formtigereye

Questions about tiger's eye

What does tiger's eye mean?
Tiger's eye means a chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.
What part of speech is tiger's eye?
Tiger's eye is a noun.
What is the plural of tiger's eye?
The plural of tiger's eye is tiger's eyes.

Words near tiger's eye in the dictionary

  1. tiger wolves
  2. tiger wood
  3. tiger's blood
  4. tiger's claw
  5. tiger's claws
  6. tiger's eye
  7. tiger's eyes
  8. tiger's milk
  9. tiger's-eye
  10. tiger's-foot
  11. tiger-foot

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