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Precious stone Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Precious stone has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

2

Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.

See Also
rose cut rarity gem sardonyx lapidary seal stone cairngorm calcedon
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jewelry
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crown jewel solitaire diamond ruby pearl emerald sapphire
Rhyming Words
one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone
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