Meaning Of The Word Agate

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agate
variable noun: Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery.

agate in American English
a hard semiprecious stone, a variety of chalcedony, with striped or clouded coloring
noun: a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings

Agate in British English
noun: James (Evershed). 1877–1947, British theatre critic; drama critic for The Sunday Times (1923–47) and author of a nine-volume diary Ego (1935–49)

agate in British English 1
noun: an impure microcrystalline form of quartz consisting of a variegated, usually banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone and in making pestles and mortars, burnishers, and polishers. Formula: SiO2

agate in British English 2
adverb: on the way

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