Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A brilliant green to grass-green transparent variety of beryl, used as a gemstone.
- n. A strong yellowish green.
- adj. Of a strong yellowish green.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A variety of the mineral beryl, having a deep, clear green color, and when transparent highly prized as a gem. The peculiar shade of green which characterizes the emerald is probably due to the presence of a small amount of chromium. The finest emeralds come from the neighborhood of Muso, in the United States of Colombia, South America, where they occur in veins traversing clay-slate, hornblende-slate, and granite; they are also obtained in large crystals, though of less value as gems, in Siberia, and in Alexander county, North Carolina.
- n. The name in Great Britain of a size of printing-type, intermediate between minion (which is larger) and nonpareil (which is smaller), and measuring 138 lines to the foot. It is not used in the United States.
- n. In entomology, one of several small green geometrid moths, as the grass emerald, Pseudoterpna pruinata, and the Essex emerald, Phorodesma smaragdaria.
- Of a bright green, like emerald.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of a rich green colour.
- n. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- n. emerald green
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See beryl.
- n. A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare�l. It is used by English printers.
- adj. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
- n. the green color of an emerald
- n. a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
Etymologies
- Middle English emeraude, from Old French, from Medieval Latin esmeralda, esmeraldus, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos.
Examples
“According to Theophrastus, the stone which he calls emerald, and from which large obelists were cut, must have been an imperfect jasper.”
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
“Considering the particular emerald which is a variety of beryl -- although the name emerald in the trade is applied somewhat loosely to any stone which is of the same colour, or approaching the colour of the beryl variety -- this emerald only differs chemically from the beryl, just described, in possessing an addition of oxide of chromium.”
“The ownership of a gigantic emerald is disputed, and soon the current Lord Attenbury comes to ask for help in proving that it belongs to his family.”
“The word itself conjures up images of dusty farm boots and tractors, piles of lush vegetables and happy, grass-fed animals frolicking in emerald green valleys.”
“Christina opted for florals (and showed off a pair of dark-rimmed glasses), Elisabeth donned an embellished, champagne-colored frock and Cara stood out in emerald green and a statement necklace.”
“White, cream and sand dominated, and there were still pieces of almost monastic simplicity? lots of boat necklines and tunic shapes, and a long-sleeve navy jumpsuit with no visible seams or fastenings, for instance? but wide pyjama silk trousers were emblazoned with tuxedo stripes in emerald and cobalt, while a burgundy leather T-shirt was worn with electric blue trousers (left).”
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“The name emerald describes the colour of the stone.”
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“But here in Northern California, winters are chilly, not cold, and so this is the season when things come alive: the moss on the trunks of the oak trees goes emerald from the rain, the grass begins to grow like a mist over the hills, and the naked ladies poke their green up along the banks of roads.”
“And, as before, Joseph took his portion from them both, an emerald from the one and the setting from the other, and so he had a fine ring.”
“Every day he went and looked at it, sighing over the thought for his lost pepper, until one morning, lo and behold! the egg had disappeared, and it its place sat the loveliest little maiden, dressed from head to foot in emerald-green, while round her neck hung a single emerald of great size, shaped just like the green pepper.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘emerald’.
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Uncommon Colours
azure, myrtle, periwinkle, viridian, jade, emerald, lime, chartreuse, asparagus, celadon, harlequin, olive and 147 more...
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Home Sweet Home
Actual Towns and Cities with Poetic Names.
If you know where the town is located please put that in the comments. All of mine came out of a zip code directory.phlox, blue mountain, battles wharf, robinwood, blue spring, coffee springs, cottage hill, hazel green, highland home, sunflower, three notch, circle and 94 more...
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Open List: Greens
A lits of greens: cooked leafy vegetables; pigments, paint names, compound words, etc; words and phrases that pertain to or contain "green". Please add your favorites!
See this list f...greenery, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, green shoots, viridian green, malachite green, sap green, green grocer, radish greens, beet greens, spring green and 281 more...
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Greens
asparagus, celadon, chartreuse, emerald, smaragdine, malachite, forest, lime, jade, myrtle, pear, olive and 12 more...
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Green
olive, grass, dark green, light green, emerald, lime, moss, sea green, jade, asparagus, apple green, camouflage green and 17 more...
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Words descriptive of the colour of the sea
sloe, hyaline, dull, turquoise, slate, snotgreen, ultramarine, glaucous, murky, ashen, wine-dark, claret and 15 more...
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Green Names
Words that mean green but could also be names
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common none
yarb See mangold for verbing. Sep 6, 2011
treeseed a town in Pennsylvania, USA Feb 26, 2008
reesetee The Honduran Emerald is a hummingbird endemic to a small area of dry forest in Honduras. Its total world population is less than 200 individuals. Dec 20, 2007
chained_bear The H.M.S. Emerald was listed as a "transport" captured at Yorktown in 1781. Oct 29, 2007