DIAMOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diamond mean? 

• DIAMOND (noun)
  The noun DIAMOND has 6 senses:

1. a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

2. very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

3. a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

4. a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

5. the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

6. the baseball playing field

  Familiarity information: DIAMOND used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAMOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

gem; jewel; precious stone (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diamond"):

ice; sparkler (diamonds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adamant; diamond

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

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diamond"):

black diamond; carbonado (an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

diamond; rhomb; rhombus

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

parallelogram (a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

diamonds were trumps

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

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Holonyms ("diamond" is a member of...):

minor suit (( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baseball diamond; diamond; infield

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

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Meronyms (parts of "diamond"):

hill; mound; pitcher's mound ((baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands)

short (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)

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)

bag; base (a place that the runner must touch before scoring)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Holonyms ("diamond" is a part of...):

ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The baseball playing field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ball field; baseball field; diamond

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

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)

Meronyms (parts of "diamond"):

baseball diamond; diamond; infield (the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate)

box (any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned)

outfield (the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases)

foul line (lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field)

Holonyms ("diamond" is a part of...):

ballpark; park (a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games))

 Context examples 

Use this day for any kind of financial deal, for this day, as you see, is as rare as diamonds and just as valuable!

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The key place to carry out such a transfer would be flaws within the diamond, locations where elements other than carbon are trapped in the diamond's carbon lattice.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Graphene is invisible to the unaided eye, yet harder than diamonds, stronger than steel, and more conductive than copper.

(Graphene shield shows promise in blocking mosquito bites, National Institutes of Health)

Over it were sprinkled little stars that glistened in the sun like diamonds.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Then they came to another grove of trees, where all the leaves were of gold; and afterwards to a third, where the leaves were all glittering diamonds.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He likewise presented me with four hundred and forty-four large pieces of gold (this nation delighting in even numbers), and a red diamond, which I sold in England for eleven hundred pounds.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Here Dora shook her head, and diamonds twinkled in her eyes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He held on as if he were a precious thing, a treasure beyond diamonds or rubies.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"How nice! But I wish she'd let us have them now. Procrastination is not agreeable," observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Do you remember what you said of Celine Varens? —of the diamonds, the cashmeres you gave her?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)