Meaning Of The Word Garnet

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garnet
countable noun: A garnet is a hard, shiny stone that is used in making jewellery. Garnets can be red, yellow, or green in colour.

garnet in American English
noun: any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive

garnet in American English 1
any of a group of very hard silicate minerals having the general formula A3B2(SiO4)3, occurring chiefly as well-formed crystals in metamorphic rocks: red varieties are often used as gems, ordinary varieties as abrasives

garnet in American English 2
a hoisting tackle for loading cargo

garnet in British English 1
noun: any of a group of hard glassy red, yellow, or green minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, manganese, chromium, magnesium, and aluminium in cubic crystalline form: used as a gemstone and abrasive. Formula: A3 B2(SiO4)3 where A is a divalen

garnet in British English 2
noun: a tackle used for lifting cargo

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