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noun sɑːd mass nounA yellow or brownish-red semi-precious stone consisting of a variety of chalcedony. Example sentencesExamples - The figure of God resembling jaspar and sard stone, that is, a yellow and red stone matched by the pigments in the painting, sits in Heaven, indicated by the snowflake stars.
- Both men and women wore sard, and numerous examples of Greek and Etruscan jewelry include stunning specimens of ornately carved sard.
Origin Late Middle English: from French sarde or Latin sarda, from Greek sardios, probably from Sardō 'Sardinia'. Rhymes Assad, aubade, avant-garde, backyard, ballade, bard, Bernard, bombard, canard, card, charade, chard, couvade, croustade, Cunard, facade, glissade, guard, hard, ill-starred, interlard, lard, Montagnard, nard, pard, petard, pomade, promenade, regard, rodomontade, roulade, saccade, Sade, salade, shard, unmarred, unscarred, yard adjective & noun sɑːd another term for Sardinian Example sentencesExamples - Luckily, there has been renewed interest in and appreciation of traditional Sard culture and artisanship, which were repressed for so many centuries.
Definition of sard in US English: sardnounsärdsɑrd A yellow or brownish-red variety of chalcedony. Example sentencesExamples - The figure of God resembling jaspar and sard stone, that is, a yellow and red stone matched by the pigments in the painting, sits in Heaven, indicated by the snowflake stars.
- Both men and women wore sard, and numerous examples of Greek and Etruscan jewelry include stunning specimens of ornately carved sard.
Origin Late Middle English: from French sarde or Latin sarda, from Greek sardios, probably from Sardō ‘Sardinia’. |