a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum: occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized. It is used as a gemstone, in lasers, and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al2O3
2.
a.
the deep-red colour of a ruby
b.
(as adjective)
ruby lips
3.
a.
something resembling, made of, or containing a ruby
b.
(as modifier)
ruby necklace
4. (modifier)
denoting a fortieth anniversary
our ruby wedding
5.
(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 51⁄2 point
Derived forms
ruby-like (ˈruby-ˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Old French rubi, from Latin rubeus reddish, from ruber red
Ruby in American English
(ˈrubi)
noun
a feminine name
Word origin
see ruby
ruby in American English
(ˈrubi)
nounWord forms: pluralˈrubies
1.
a clear, deep-red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone
2.
something made of this stone, as a watch bearing
3.
a.
deep red
b.
something having this color
adjective
4.
deep-red
Word origin
ME < OFr rubi, ult. < L rubeus, reddish; akin to ruber, red
This has a deep ruby colour and complex range of flavours.
Lockspeiser, Jerry & Gear, Jackie Thorsons Organic Wine Guide (1991)
What is the general equilibrium price of rubies and emeralds?
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Both talk about it like a couple discussing how they made it to their ruby anniversary.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She holds up her hand to let me see the ruby ring on her finger.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You could also use ruby chard or red mustard leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What are the current equilibrium prices of rubies and emeralds?
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
He did not see the ruby ring again.
Frances Hodgson Burnett Emily Fox-Seton (1901)
The models are all ruby red lips and eyeliner.
The Sun (2011)
The two robbers raid a shop in broad daylight and nick a manger stuffed full of rubies and emeralds.
The Sun (2012)
The ruby slippers can be sized!
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Here we sink the ruby slipper.
The Sun (2011)
An e-mail sent to friends a fortnight after their ruby wedding anniversary announced the separation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They were changed to ruby slippers to take advantage of Technicolor.
The Sun (2010)
GaGa was given the 25,000 ruby slippers as a present by her management earlier this year.
The Sun (2011)
I had to get through the ruby wedding celebrations in bits.
The Sun (2014)
Things were going great and he said he wanted to propose to me at my parents' ruby wedding.
The Sun (2014)
Near the house is a bed of ruby roses given to the Coopers by friends on their ruby wedding.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Do you think, after all this time, you could suggest a way of changing his mind before our ruby anniversary next year?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Word lists with
ruby
gem, programming language
In other languages
ruby
British English: ruby NOUN
A ruby is a dark red jewel.
...a ruby and diamond ring.
American English: ruby
Brazilian Portuguese: rubi
Chinese: 红宝石
European Spanish: rubí
French: rubis
German: Rubin
Italian: rubino
Japanese: ルビー
Korean: > 루비 보석
European Portuguese: rubi
Latin American Spanish: rubí
All related terms of 'ruby'
bead-ruby
a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
ruby-red
of the deep red colour of a ruby
star ruby
a ruby that resembles a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure
balas ruby
a red variety of spinel , used as a gemstone
ruby glass
glass that has a deep rich red colour produced from oxides of various minerals, such as lead, copper , and iron
ruby silver
a red mineral consisting of silver arsenic sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ag 3 AsS 3
ruby spinel
a red transparent variety of spinel , used as a gemstone
Colorado ruby
a fire-red form of garnet found in Colorado and other parts of North America
ruby wedding
a fortieth wedding anniversary
ruby grapefruit
a grapefruit with red flesh
ruby-tail wasp
any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae , having a metallic sheen , which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
ruby-throated hummingbird
a common North American hummingbird ( Archilochus colubris ), the male of which has a metallic green back and a red throat
rubies
a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum : occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized . It is used as a gemstone , in lasers , and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al 2 O 3