BALAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balas mean? 

• BALAS (noun)
  The noun BALAS has 1 sense:

1. a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel

  Familiarity information: BALAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

balas; balas ruby

Hypernyms ("balas" is a kind of...):

ruby spinel; spinel ruby (a spinel used as a gemstone (usually dark red))

 Context examples 

And yet his work stands out from the ruck of the contemporary versifiers as a balas ruby among carrots.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)