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{
"term": "diamond",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/ca/cards.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a clear precious stone of pure carbon, the hardest substance known. Diamonds are used in jewellery and also in industry, especially for cutting glass.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **diamond ring/necklace**"
},
{
"text": "She was wearing her diamonds *(= jewellery with diamonds in it)*."
},
{
"text": "a six-carat diamond"
},
{
"text": "a diamond mine"
},
{
"text": "The lights shone like diamonds."
},
{
"text": "She was dripping with diamonds."
},
{
"text": "earrings encrusted with diamonds"
},
{
"text": "a ring with a diamond in it"
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["flawless", "perfect", "real"],
"verb + diamond": ["cut", "polish", "set"],
"diamond + verb": ["glitter", "sparkle"],
"diamond + noun": ["mine", "industry", "trade"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a shape with four straight sides of equal length and with angles that are not right angles",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a sweater with a diamond pattern"
},
{
"text": "The eight vehicles assumed a diamond formation."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards. The cards are marked with red diamond shapes.",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the ten of diamonds"
},
{
"text": "Diamonds are/is trumps."
}
],
"topics": ["Games and toys"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "one card from the suit called diamonds",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You must play a diamond if you have one."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the space inside the lines that connect the four bases; also used to mean the whole baseball field",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪmənd/",
"audio": "di/diamond/diamond__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪmənd/",
"audio": "di/diamond/diamond__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French diamant, from medieval Latin diamas, diamant-, variant of Latin adamans from Greek adamas, adamant-, ‘untameable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- ‘not’ + daman ‘to tame’."
}