■ noun
1》 a precious stone, typically colourless, yellow, or pale blue, consisting of a fluorine-containing aluminium silicate.
2》 a dark yellow colour.
Origin
ME (denoting a yellow sapphire): from OFr. topace , via L. from Gk ~os .
■ noun
1》 a precious stone, typically colourless, yellow, or pale blue, consisting of a fluorine-containing aluminium silicate.
2》 a dark yellow colour.
Origin
ME (denoting a yellow sapphire): from OFr. topace , via L. from Gk ~os .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004