diamond : Idioms & Phrases

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ace of diamonds

  • noun the ace in the diamond suit
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baseball diamond

  • noun the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
    diamond; infield.
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Black diamond

  • noun an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing
    carbonado.
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  • . (Min.) See Carbonado.
  • coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.
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Bristol diamond

  • . See Bristol stone, under Bristol.
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Diamond beetle

  • (Zoöl.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.
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Diamond bird

  • (Zoöl.), a small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelidæ.). It is black, with white spots.
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Diamond drill

  • (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock.
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diamond dust

  • noun small crystals of ice
    frost snow; ice needle; frost mist; ice crystal; poudrin; snow mist.
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Diamond finch

  • (Zoöl.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.
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Diamond groove

  • (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll.
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diamond jim

  • noun United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
    James Buchanan Brady; Brady; Diamond Jim.
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diamond jim brady

  • noun United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
    James Buchanan Brady; Brady; Diamond Jim.
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diamond jubilee

  • noun an anniversary celebrating the passage of 60 years
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Diamond mortar

  • (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances.
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diamond point

  • noun a very hard small point made from a diamond
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Diamond snake

  • (Zoöl.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.
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diamond state

  • noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
    Delaware; DE; First State.
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diamond wedding

  • noun the 60th wedding anniversary
    diamond wedding.
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diamond wedding anniversary

  • noun the 60th wedding anniversary
    diamond wedding.
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diamond-back

Di"a*mond-back` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).
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Diamond-point tool

  • a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped.
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diamond-shaped

Di"a*mond-shaped` adjective
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  1. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
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Glazier's diamond

  • a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass.
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lucy in the sky with diamonds

  • noun street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
    Elvis; Zen; dose; battery-acid; back breaker; window pane; pane; acid; loony toons; dot; superman.
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Rose diamond

  • a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. Brilliant, n.
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Rough diamond

  • an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior. = diamond in the rough
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