garnet

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.

Garnet Emerson I rather like. — The Luckiest Girl in the School, Angela Brazil
(Russian.) *Bracelet of Garnets, The. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
"Talbot--Garnet--" Only silence answered him. — The Ultimate Weapon, John W., Jr. (John Wood) Campbell

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