Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several common, widespread aluminum or calcium silicate minerals occurring in two internally isomorphic series, (Mg, Mn, Fe)3Al2Si3O12 and Ca3(Cr, Al, Fe)2Si3O12, generally crystallized, often embedded in igneous and metamorphic rocks, and colored red, brown, black, green, yellow, or white and used both as gemstones and as abrasives.
- n. A dark to very dark red.
- n. Nautical A tackle for hoisting light cargo.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. “(Webster); cf. garnet-apple. The ult. source is the same; granat and grenade are doublets.] A common mineral species embracing many varieties, which, while conforming to the same general formula, differ in composition and hence also in color, specific gravity, and fusibility. It generally occurs in distinct embedded crystals belonging to the isometric system, the rhombic dodecahedron and trapezohedron being the commonest forms. There are also massive granular varieties. It is hard, brittle, and more or less transparent. The red varieties are most common, but white, yellow, green, brown, and black also occur. The prominent varieties are: the lime-alumina garnet, including the grossular garnet, succinite, and cinnamon-stone or hessonite; the magnesia-alumina garnet, including pyrope; the iron-alumina garnet, including the almandin or the precious garnet and much common garnet; the manganese-alumina garnet or spessartite; the lime-iron garnet, sometimes called in general andradite, including haplome, colophonite, topazolite, demantoid, and melanite; the lime-chrome garnet or ouvarovite. Garnets are commonly found in gneiss, mica schist, granite, and hornblende rocks. Eclogite is a rock consisting largely of garnet. The precious garnet is transparent and deep-red, includes some pyrope, and is prized as a gem, as is also the brilliant bright-green demantoid from Siberia.
- n. Nautical:
- n. A sort of tackle fixed to the mainstay, and used to hoist in and out the cargo.
- n. A clue-garnet.
- n. A pendant rove through a hole in the spar-deck, hooked to a pendent tackle, and used in mounting or dismounting guns on the gun-deck. Also called gurnet.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
- n. mineralogy A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
- n. A dark red.
- adj. Of a dark red colour.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.
- n. (Naut.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
Etymologies
- From Middle English granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat ("pomegranate red"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French grenate, from grenat, pomegranate-red, probably from Latin grānātum, pomegranate, from neuter of grānātus, seedy; see pomegranate.Middle English garnett, probably from Middle Dutch garnāt. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That sinking feeling was back … and every University of South Carolina fan clad in garnet-and-black at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday afternoon could feel it.”
“A blend of 80% merlot, 15% cabernet franc, 3% malbec and 2% petit verdot, this medium-dark garnet is very old world on the nose.”
“The name garnet has been used since ancient times.”
“The use of "demantoid" alone, if a noun may be made from the adjective, would avoid both the confusion with the mineral olivine, and the cheapening effect of the word garnet, and would at the same time suggest some of the most striking properties of the material.”
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
““It’s a jewel box, as well,” explained Daddy, slipping on my finger a tiny gold ring with a red stone he called a garnet.”
“One case contained a set of the abrasive materials, the most important of these being garnet, which is found in great quantities in the Adirondacks.”
“Look for the so-called garnet star μ, probably the reddest star visible to the naked eye in the United States.”
“WGI's principal mineral product is garnet, which is used as an abrasive in sandblast cleaning and waterjet cutting of metals, stone, concrete, ceramics, and other materials.”
“It's interesting, because although the color isn't particularly vivid or saturated, the stone isn't milky or murky at all; there's definitely a lot of sparkle going on. p.s. Wintersweet might be thinking of tsavorite garnet, which is a beautiful stone but isn't quite as hard as a corundum.”
“Grains of other weathering-resistant minerals (such as garnet, rutile, ruby, sapphire, zircon, etc.) are often found in quartz sand as well.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘garnet’.
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Reds
crimson, blood, scarlet, rott, rojo, brick, fire engine, vermilion, carmine, burgundy, amaranth, alizarin and 115 more...
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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not your normal colors
Instead of "blue," "red," or "green," we say "azure," "scarlet," and "emerald."
azure, garnet, celadon, bone, vermilion, indigo, maize, puce, tangerine, beryl, cerulean
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Shopping From Home (For Words)
The list begins with evocative words I found in a Bed Bath & Beyond catalog, but other words in a similar vein are welcome, with two simple rules: they must come out of catalogs, and they can't...
sconce, mercer, urn, crock, pique, taffeta, chenille, ensemble, crescent, flocked, stockpot, microfiber and 40 more...
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Colors
cerise, carnelian, florid, claret, watchet, rosaceous, coquelicot, vermilion, celadon, nacreous, lapis, viridescent and 132 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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Alternate
vixen, dulcet, iridescent, maiden, elysian, rhapsody, doll, ambrosia, azalea, daisy, holly, star and 8 more...
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Morthalion's Words
supercilious, kvetch, kvass, splurge, erroneous, pugnacious, macabre, gauche, conglomerate, abyss, paraphernalia, kleptomania and 285 more...
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Antique Names: Female
These names were once in common use - at least somewhat. Some are coming back. Some are almost forgotten. I think they would
make lovely names. Well... most of them.araminta, abigail, agnes, biddie, celestia, celestine, celia, ceola, chloe, claire, clementine, cordie and 179 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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tranquill's Words
loquacious, unmitigated, trundle, ephemeral, vociferous, trapezoidal, liminal, obsequious, veracity, squash, onomatopoeia, oscillate and 267 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (G)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
gable, gaia, gala, galaxy, gallows, gambol, garden, garland, garnet, gauntlet, gazebo, gazelle and 105 more...
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thegirlnextfloor's list
autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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