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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•net /ˈgɑrnɪt/USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogy, Jewelry[countable] a hard, deep red, glass-like mineral used as a gem.
- [uncountable] a deep red color.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•net (gär′nit),USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogy, Jewelryany of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- a deep-red color.
- Latin grānātum granular; compare pomegranate
- Old French gernate, grenade
- Middle English garnet, gernate 1275–1325
- Biographical Henry Highland, 1815–82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: garnet /ˈɡɑːnɪt/ n - any of a group of hard glassy red, yellow, or green minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, manganese, chromium, magnesium, and aluminium in cubic crystalline form: used as a gemstone and abrasive. Formula: A3B2(SiO4)3 where A is a divalent metal and B is a trivalent metal
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French grenat, from grenat (adj) red, from pome grenate pomegranateˈgarnet-ˌlike adj |