PRECIOUS STONE

Meaning of PRECIOUS STONE in English

(~s)

A ~ is a valuable stone, such as a diamond or a ruby, that is used for making jewellery.

= gem

N-COUNT

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PRECIOUS STONE — noun : gemstone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOUS STONE — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry. [ 1250-1300; ME ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECIOUS STONE — jewel, gem (i.e. diamond, ruby, emerald, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRECIOUS STONE — ■ noun a highly attractive and valuable piece of mineral, used especially in jewellery.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRECIOUS STONE — (also stone ) noun a rare valuable stone, such as a diamond, that is used in jewellery —see also semi-precious
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS STONE — ˌprecious ˈstone BrE AmE noun [countable] a rare and valuable jewel such as a ↑ diamond or an ↑ emerald …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRECIOUS STONE — ( precious stones) A precious stone is a valuable stone, such as a diamond or a ruby, that is used …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS STONE — Synonyms and related words : anklet, armlet, bangle, beads, bijou, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle, coronet, crown, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS STONE — Драгоценные камни
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
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PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
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PRECIOUS STONE — камень
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PRECIOUS STONE — драгоценный камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpreshəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — — preciously , adv. — preciousness , n. /presh"euhs/ , adj. 1. of high price or great value; very valuable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpre-shəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price — more at price Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE
Webster English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj particular; fastidious; overnice. 2. precious ·adj of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. 3. precious ·add. ·adj particular; …
Webster English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRECIOUS — precious BrE AmE ˈpreʃ əs ▷ precious|ly li ▷ precious|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ precious ˈ metal BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — / ˈpreʃəs; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective 1. rare and worth a lot of money : a precious …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRECIOUS — I. pre ‧ cious 1 /ˈpreʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: precios , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is precious , you mean that it is valuable and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is ~, you mean that it is valuable and should …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a precious possession (= one that is valuable or important to you ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — (PERFECTING) [adjective] [disapproving] - behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to unimportant details …
Cambridge English vocab
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 of such great value that a suitable price is hard to estimate FF1C; a precious twelfth …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective precious works of art : VALUABLE, costly, expensive; invaluable, priceless, beyond price. her most precious possession : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj. 1 dear, dearest, costly, expensive, high-priced, valuable, invaluable, prized, priceless, irreplaceable, Colloq pricey The entire cabinet was filled with …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone ≈ драгоценный камень precious metal ≈ благородный металл Happiness was the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — stone.ogg 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRECIOUS — precious.ogg 1. ʹpreʃəs n любимый, дорогой my precious - мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. ʹpreʃəs a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" ( дефект …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" (дефект стекла) 4) жернов, жерновой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STONE — 1) бутовой 2) жерновой камень 3) каменный 4) каменосечный 5) камень 6) камне 7) косточка 8) полевой 9) стоуновский • bronek stone ballasting — балластировка щебнем cut stone to size — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRECIOUS — precious прил.1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STONE — 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, покрытая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS — 1. ʹpreʃəs n любимый, дорогой my precious - мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. ʹpreʃəs a 1. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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