noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a diamond/sapphire etc ring
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On her right hand was a huge diamond ring.
diamond anniversary
diamond in the rough
diamond jubilee
diamond lane
diamond wedding
pearl/gold/diamond etc necklace
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She was wearing a coral necklace.
rough diamond
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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It glittered up at me like a black diamond from the edge of the puddle where it lay.
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This year it added one new trail, a black diamond tight glade.
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For a final suggestion, how about white tiles, black diamonds and gold lurex outlines!
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The distance between the black diamonds seems longer than their diagonals.
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The floor is of white and grey marble patterned with black circles and diamonds .
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Inside, a grand and generous staircase rose from a pale stone flagged hall patterned with black stone diamonds .
large
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A large blue diamond was flashing on and off.
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The walls were lined with another fine matting woven in a large diamond design of red and green.
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She wore a very sparkly large diamond engagement ring and had done so for about a year.
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As she did he saw the ring on the third finger of her left hand; the large diamond sparkled brightly.
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Graff has one of the world's best collections of rare and large diamonds and other gems worth millions.
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Nestling in her belly-button was what appeared to be a large diamond .
rough
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Keep your rough diamonds , your kaleidoscope, your mission, your connectors and your propaganda peddler-routing revolution.
small
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This type of pattern is usually white with each smaller diamond in the same bright primary colour.
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Q: So you went and pierced your tongue with a small diamond .
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Further trimming can be carried out on smaller diamond saws, which are capable of producing thin slices.
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She had the diamond , which is surrounded by small white diamonds in a yellow-gold filigree setting, made into a stickpin.
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Even the smallest particles of diamond are revealed by their brilliant green emission.
■ NOUN
jubilee
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In 1968, the diamond Jubilee came and went without celebration for fear of a financial loss!
necklace
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In one big bed there slept a goat, A diamond necklace round its throat.
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A beautiful diamond necklace which recently fetched £11,000 at Bonhams would be twice the price in an ordinary jewellers.
ring
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The beautiful diamond ring had gone.
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A gold-and-diamond ring was taken at gunpoint.
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He scooped the jackpot and a diamond ring prize after calling house on 52 in our big money game number 229.
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Pictures of the gold, diamond rings and expensive watches the two accumulated were shown in public anti-corruption exhibitions.
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The plaintiff advertised a gold watch and diamond ring for sale.
■ VERB
buy
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Fergie may well have bought a cut diamond at cut price but how he fits in remains a poser.
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He ought to have bought her diamonds , he thought later.
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Grandfather had been rich enough to buy the many diamonds it took to make it up.
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Not that he had the money to buy her diamonds , but still he thought it anyway.
wear
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Marjorie wore Evangeline's diamonds but, like the new bride, they failed to sparkle under a miserable Edinburgh sky.
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Blue suited her and she'd worn her pearl and diamond brooch because he wanted everyone to see it.
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He was described as being about 30 and wearing a diamond patterned jumper.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a diamond necklace
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the king of diamonds
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After washing and change of lap paper, polishing is continued with 1 µm diamond .
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Because the diamond is absorbing blue light, it appears yellow in ordinary light.
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It was like Aladdin's cave with the Seven Dwarves diamond mine thrown in.
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The beautiful diamond ring had gone.
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We had beautiful chandeliers, women in diamonds and mink stoles.
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Weighed down with rubies, sapphires, emeralds, pearls, diamonds.
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With clubs wide open to make the contract you're going to need to try and bring the diamonds in without loss.