Definition of diamonds in English

Wiktionary

diamonds (Noun)
Plural of diamond.
diamonds (Noun)
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.

Part of speech

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diamonds, verb, present, 3rd person singular of diamond (infinitive).
diamonds, noun, plural of diamond.

WordNet

Noun Plural: diamonds
diamond - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
		adamant
		atomic number 6, carbon, c a copy made with carbon paper
		transparent gem a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion
diamond - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps"
		playing card one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
diamond - a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
		precious stone, jewel, gem a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
		baseball diamond, infield
		outfield the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
		parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, parcel, tract the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
		ball field, baseball field, diamond the baseball playing field
		baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
		bag, base a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
		batter's box an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat
		pitcher's mound, hill, mound a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"
diamond - the baseball playing field
		ball field, baseball field
		athletic field, playing area, playing field, field a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
		ballpark, park a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark"
		baseball diamond, infield, diamond the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
		box a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"
		outfield the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
diamond - a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
		rhombus, rhomb
		parallelogram a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length

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Wiktionary

diamond (Noun)
A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
diamond (Noun)
A gemstone made from this mineral.
diamond (Noun)
A ring containing a diamond.
diamond (Noun)
A very pale blue color/colour.
diamond (Noun)
Something that resembles a diamond.
diamond (Noun)
A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
diamond (Noun)
The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
diamond (Noun)
The entire field of play used in the game.
diamond (Noun)
The infield of a baseball field.
diamond (Noun)
A card of the diamonds suit.
diamond (Noun)
A kind of type in English printing, the smallest except for brilliant.
diamond (Verb)
To adorn with or as if with diamonds.
diamond (Adjective)
Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
diamond (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
diamond (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

diamond (n.)
A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
diamond (n.)
A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
diamond (n.)
One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
diamond (n.)
A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
diamond (n.)
The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
diamond (n.)
The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
diamond (a.)
Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

diamond
A very hard native crystalline carbon.
diamond
A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished.
diamond
A quadrilateral with sides of equal length, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

diamond
dī′a-mond, n. the most valuable of all gems, and the hardest of all substances: a four-sided figure with two obtuse and two acute angles: one of the four suits of cards: one of the smallest kinds of English printing type.—adj. resembling diamonds: made of diamonds: marked with diamonds: lozenge-shaped, rhombic.—ns. Dī′amond-bee′tle, a beautiful sparkling South American weevil; Dī′amond-cut′ting, diamond-setting; Dī′amond-drill, an annular borer whose bit is set with borts; Dī′amond-dust, Dī′amond-pow′der, the powder made by the friction of diamonds on one another in the course of polishing.—adjs. Dī′amonded, furnished with diamonds; Diamondif′erous, yielding diamonds.—n. Dī′amond-wheel, a wheel covered with diamond-dust and oil for polishing diamonds and other precious stones.—Diamond cut diamond, the case of an encounter between two very sharp persons.—Rough diamond, an uncut diamond: a person of great worth, though of rude exterior and unpolished manners. [M. E. adamaunt—O. Fr. adamant—L. adamanta, accus. of adamas—Gr. adamas, adamantos, adamant—a, not, damaein, to tame.]

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

diamond
A bright gem the sparkle of which sometimes renders a woman stone-blind to the defects of the man proffering it.

Wikipedia

Diamonds are very rare gemstones. They are referred to as womens' best friends. Many of them are clear, but some of them have colors, like yellow, red, blue, green and pink. Big diamonds are very rare, and are worth a lot of money. This is because a diamond is very useful - it is very hard and it spreads light very well. There are natural and synthetic diamonds. The earth makes natural diamonds. People make synthetic diamonds.

Diamonds are actually made of carbon, the same chemical element as graphite, fullerene, and coal. But diamonds are very hard and in crystalline form. Diamonds are the hardest of all materials found normally on earth.

Because many diamonds are beautiful, people make jewelry using them. They are the rarest of stones and some people will do anything to get their hands on them. Because diamonds are very hard, they are sometimes used to cut hard things, or to grind things so they are very smooth. In fact, the only thing hard enough to cut a diamond is another diamond.

Diamonds are very effective electrical insulators, but also very good conductors of heat.

Diamonds are made deep in the earth, where there is an intense amount of pressure and heat that makes the diamond form. (This makes the diamond a "metamorphic" rock.) Sometimes magma (very hot, liquid rock deep in the earth) having diamonds will come near the top of a volcano. People find diamonds where volcanoes were a long time ago. Sometimes people find diamonds on the top of the ground. But in places l