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agate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Jewelleryagateag‧ate /ˈæɡət/ noun [countable, uncountable] DCJa hard stone with bands of different colours, used in jewelleryExamples from the Corpusagate• Most of the seals were nevertheless made of bone, ivory, steatite, banded agate, or orange carnelian.• Sometimes, they were moss green, tantalising as moss agate.• Beneath her flat furry belly the big shallow stones had the marble veining of agate.Origin agate (1500-1600) French Latin achates, from Greek |